When Anders Olsson was born on 14 November 1714, in Gruddbo, Sollerö, Kopparberg, Sweden, his father, Olof Persson, was 42 and his mother, Karin Jonsdotter, was 33. He married Margita Samuelsdotter on 26 December 1740, in Sollerö, Kopparberg, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 28 October 1758, in Sollerön, Dalarna, Sweden, at the age of 43, and was buried in Sollerön, Kopparberg, Sweden.
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Northern War occurred.
In Treaty of Abo, Sweden ceded southeast Finland to Russia.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Lars, Lennart, Sven, Nils, Erik, Mats, Per, Anders, Bjorn, Fredrik, Nels, Olle. German Hans, Kurt, Fritz, Ingeborg, Otto, Ute.
Swedish: patronymic from the personal name Ola, a short form of Olof, Swedish variant of Olaf (see Olafsen ), or a shortened form of the patronymic Olofsson (see Olofson ). Compare Ohlsson , Oleson , and Olson .
German (Eastphalia): patronymic from a short form of the personal name Ulrich .
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