When Jöns Nilsson was born on 16 October 1816, in Gårdstånga, Frosta, Malmöhus, Sweden, his father, Nils Jönsson, was 24 and his mother, Karna Jönsdotter, was 25. He died on 26 September 1817, at the age of 0.
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Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Lars, Nils, Per, Anders, Egil, Lennart, Sven, Birgit, Fredrik, Sten, Algot. German Kurt, Hans, Otto, Gerhard, Gotthard, Karl-Heinz.
Swedish and German: patronymic from the personal name Nils, a shortened form of Nikolaus. Compare Nilson , Neilson 3, and Nielson 2.
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