Emma Matilda Erickson was born on 30 May 1860, in Göteborg, Göteborg och Bohus, Sweden as the daughter of Sven Eriksson and Petronella Svensdotter. She married Nils Casper Johansson Ehrenborg on 2 May 1884, in Domkyrkoförsamlingen, Göteborg, Göteborg och Bohus, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 9 November 1943, in Vasa, Göteborg, Göteborg och Bohus, Sweden, at the age of 83, and was buried in Göteborg, Göteborg och Bohus, Sweden.
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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 Erik, Nels, Thor, Nils, Lars, Sven, Lief, Anders, Lennart, Iver, Elof, Erland.
Americanized form (and a rare Swedish variant) of Swedish Ericsson and Eriksson , Norwegian, Danish, and North German Eriksen and Erichsen , or of any other Scandinavian or North German patronymic from a personal name derived from Old Norse Eiríkr, which is composed of ei ‘ever, always’ (or a shortened form of ein ‘one, only’) + rík ‘power’. Compare Ericksen , Ericson , and Erikson .
English (Lancashire): patronymic from the Middle English male personal name Eric (with the same etymology as 1 above) + son.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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