When Bengt Christensson was born on 14 December 1811, in Halmstad, Halland, Sweden, his father, Christen Larsson, was 31 and his mother, Anna Christina Olsson Moller, was 32.
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Denmark ceded Norway to Sweden.
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.
Americanized form (and a rare Swedish variant) of Swedish Christensson or Kristensson: patronymic from the personal name Christen , Kristen. This is also an Americanized form of the Danish, Norwegian, and North German cognates Christensen and Kristensen . Compare Christeson and Christianson .
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