When Per Olsson was born on 2 June 1835, in Åhus, Kristianstad, Sweden, his father, Ola Pehrsson, was 33 and his mother, Sissa Astradsdotter, was 23. He married Kjersti Persdotter on 30 January 1847, in Södra Mellby, Albo, Kristianstad, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Önnestad, Kristianstad, Sweden in 1877 and Gumlösa, Göinge västra, Kristianstad, Sweden for about 23 years.
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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.
The Swedish krona replaced the Swedish riksdaler as the national currency in 1873.
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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