When Pehr Olsson was born on 23 August 1730, in Västra Vingåker, Södermanland, Sweden, his father, Olof Erson, was 24 and his mother, Anna Persdotter, was 27. He married Brita Larsdotter on 27 October 1754, in Vingåker, Södermanland, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. He died on 9 May 1811, at the age of 80.
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In Treaty of Abo, Sweden ceded southeast Finland to Russia.
Sweden declared independence. Constitutional monarchy established. Russia took Aland Island group from Sweden.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Lars, Lennart, Sven, Nils, Erik, Mats, Per, Anders, Bjorn, Fredrik, Nels, Olle. German Hans, Kurt, Fritz, Ingeborg, Otto, Ute.
Swedish: patronymic from the personal name Ola, a short form of Olof, Swedish variant of Olaf (see Olafsen ), or a shortened form of the patronymic Olofsson (see Olofson ). Compare Ohlsson , Oleson , and Olson .
German (Eastphalia): patronymic from a short form of the personal name Ulrich .
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