When Brita Maja Johannesdotter was born on 19 February 1847, in Gestad, Älvsborg, Sweden, her father, Johannes Jonasson, was 36 and her mother, Kjerstin Jonasson, was 37. She lived in Älvsborg, Sweden in 1847. She died on 13 April 1858, in Gestad, Älvsborg, Sweden, at the age of 11.
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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.
Anti-Jewish riots broke out in Stockholm.
Borrowing of the Irish name Brighid ( see Bridget ). This name owes its enormous popularity in Scandinavia, especially in Sweden, to St Birgitta ( 1304–73 ), patron saint of Sweden. She was a noblewoman who bore her husband eight children. After his death, she founded an order of nuns, the ‘Bridgettines’ or Order of the Most Holy Saviour. She also went to Rome, where she attempted to reform religious life.
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