When Måns Nilsson Pihl was born on 22 February 1776, in Väckelsång, Kronoberg, Sweden, his father, Nils Gabrielsson WIBOM, was 21 and his mother, Britta Jonsdotter, was 23. He married Gunnila Pehrsdotter on 22 April 1798, in Sjösås, Kronoberg, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. He died on 8 November 1857, in Pilås, Sjösås, Kronoberg, Sweden, at the age of 81.
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Sweden declared independence. Constitutional monarchy established. Russia took Aland Island group from Sweden.
Denmark ceded Norway to Sweden.
Göta Canal opened.
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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