When Gretha Laurine Ellingson was born on 25 April 1834, in Glemmen Kirke, Fredrikstad, Østfold, Norway, her father, Elling Hansen, was 37 and her mother, Inger Kirstine Jonsen, was 32. She married Karl Karlsen on 24 April 1870, in Glemmen Kirke, Fredrikstad, Østfold, Norway. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters.
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Birth year of renown musical composer and pianist. Born in Bergen, Norway. Musical composer and pianist whose music is known worldwide. His use and development of Norwegian folk music in his own compositions brought the music of Norway to develop a national identity,
The Nonconformist Act recognized Christian dissenter churches. It became legal to organize churches of other denominations.
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Americanized form of Norwegian Ellingsen and of its rare Swedish cognate Ellingsson.
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