When Hans Christensen was born on 23 August 1838, in Them, Skanderborg, Denmark, his father, Christen Laursen, was 27 and his mother, Ane Marie Hansdatter, was 24.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Niels, Lars, Bent, Anders, Thor, Jorgen, Nils, Einer, Viggo, Folmer.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Christen . In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the especially Danish and Norwegian variant Kristensen . Compare Christenson and Christianson .
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