When Sven Hindricksson was born on 15 October 1770, in Alböke, Kalmar, Sweden, his father, Hendric Alfwarsson, was 37 and his mother, Brita Svensdotter, was 25. He married Chierstin Larsdotter on 3 January 1796, in Alböke, Kalmar, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 1 February 1849, in his hometown, at the age of 78, and was buried in Alböke, Kalmar, Sweden.
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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.
from the Old Norse byname Sveinn ‘boy, lad’. It is now also used occasionally in England, perhaps with reference to the England (football team) coach, Sven Göran Eriksson ( b. 1948 ), and in the United States.
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