When Greta Andersdotter was born on 5 April 1775, in Orlunda, Östergötland, Sweden, her father, Anders Olsson, was 39 and her mother, Margareta Persdotter, was 34. She married Johan Magnus Anderson on 19 October 1800. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 15 March 1831, in Sankt Per, Östergötland, Sweden, at the age of 55.
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Sweden declared independence. Constitutional monarchy established. Russia took Aland Island group from Sweden.
Denmark ceded Norway to Sweden.
Short form of Margareta, a Latinate form of Margaret . As an independent given name it became fairly popular in the English-speaking world as a result of the fame of the Swedish-born film actress Greta Garbo ( 1905–92 , born Greta Louisa Gustafsson ).
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