When Erik Iversen was born about 1439, in Denmark, his father, Iver Pedersen Rosenkrantz, was 25 and his mother, Anne Sivertsdatter, was 20.
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Copenhagen is declared the capital city.
Treaty of Malmo. Denmark confirms Swedish independence under Gustavus Vasa.
Denmark adopts Lutheranism as the state religion.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Iver, Bernt, Erik, Niels, Svein, Alf, Anders, Bent, Bjorg, Einer, Gudmund, Jorgen.
Danish and Norwegian: patronymic from the personal name Iver, from Old Norse Ívarr, a compound of either ív ‘yew tree, bow’ or Ing (the name of a god) + ar ‘warrior’ or ‘spear’.
North German: patronymic from an ancient Germanic personal name, a cognate of 1 above. Compare Iverson 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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