When Erik Rudolf Andersson was born on 30 January 1899, in Brevik, Skaraborg, Sweden, his father, Oskar Alfred Andersson, was 36 and his mother, Margareta Lovisa Larsdotter, was 35. He died on 21 December 1978, in Karlsborg, Skaraborg, Sweden, at the age of 79.
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First Nobel Prize awarded.
Union of Norway and Sweden dissolved.
Sweden joined League of Nations.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Bjorn, Lars, Mats, Lennart, Nils, Per, Anders, Berndt, Hokan, Olle, Sten. German Hans, Kurt, Alfons, Ernst, Gerd, Monika.
Swedish: patronymic from the personal name Anders, a vernacular form of Andreas .
Americanized form of Norwegian, North German, and very rare Danish patronymic Anderssen, a cognate of 1 above. Compare Andersen and Anderson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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