When Johan Nilsson was born on 12 August 1830, in Nykil, Östergötland, Sweden, his father, Nils Persson, was 27 and his mother, Anna Lena Andersdotter, was 30. He had at least 1 daughter with Sara Helena Persdotter.
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Göta Canal opened.
The March Unrest, or the Marsoroligheterna, was a series of riots in Stockholm in March 1848, due to news of the French Revolution. As a mob gathered and plundered shops on March 19, the militia fired shots and 18 deaths. The army arrived on March 21 for reinforcement and terminated any further rioting.
The Swedish krona replaced the Swedish riksdaler as the national currency in 1873.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Lars, Nils, Per, Anders, Egil, Lennart, Sven, Birgit, Fredrik, Sten, Algot. German Kurt, Hans, Otto, Gerhard, Gotthard, Karl-Heinz.
Swedish and German: patronymic from the personal name Nils, a shortened form of Nikolaus. Compare Nilson , Neilson 3, and Nielson 2.
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