When Botilla Augusta Winquist was born on 28 February 1862, her father, Carl Adam Winquist, was 39 and her mother, Anna Chr. Olsson, was 31. She lived in Balkåkra, Ljunit, Malmöhus, Sweden for about 17 years.
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The Swedish krona replaced the Swedish riksdaler as the national currency in 1873.
Fredrika Bremer Association was founded in 1884 and is Sweden's oldest women's rights organization.
World exposition held in Stockholm. First Swedish car built.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Tryg, Erik, Lars, Lennart.
Swedish: ornamental name composed of an altered form of the elements vin ‘wine, vine’ + kvist ‘twig’, probably in the sense ‘grape cluster’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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