When Carl Victor Jonsson was born on 11 November 1856, in Karlskoga, Örebro, Sweden, his father, Jonas Fredrik Jonsson, was 23 and his mother, Anna Nilsdotter, was 36. He married Brita Stina Skoglund on 4 January 1879, in Grythyttan, Örebro, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 9 February 1949, in Bjurtjärn, Örebro, Sweden, at the age of 92.
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The Swedish krona replaced the Swedish riksdaler as the national currency in 1873.
Fredrika Bremer Association was founded in 1884 and is Sweden's oldest women's rights organization.
World exposition held in Stockholm. First Swedish car built.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Nils, Lars, Lennart, Thor, Alf, Anders, Arni, Erik, Jorgen, Mats, Olafur, Per.
Swedish: patronymic from the personal name Jon, Scandinavian form of John . Compare Jonson 2.
English: variant of Johnson , although this form of the English name may have died out in Britain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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