When Anders Svensson was born on 11 September 1734, in Gunnarsbo, Ryssby, Kalmar, Sweden, his father, Sven Persson, was 37 and his mother, Maria Andersdotter, was 22. He married Christin Jansdotter on 1 November 1756, in Sweden. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 26 June 1789, in Ålem, Kalmar, Sweden, at the age of 54.
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In Treaty of Abo, Sweden ceded southeast Finland to Russia.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Lars, Anders, Erik, Lennart, Sven, Ejnar, Johan, Bent, Bjorn, Gunn, Holger, Mats. German Ernst, Kurt, Markus, Otto.
Swedish: patronymic from the personal name Sven, from Old Norse Sveinn, originally a byname meaning ‘boy, servant’. It is also found in Denmark, northern Germany, and Norway. Compare Svenson , Swainson , Swanson , Swenson , Swensson , and Swinson .
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