Brief Life History of Erik
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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Family Time Line
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- Legacy NFS Source: Erik Iversen -
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World Events (3)
1445
Copenhagen is declared the capital city.
1524
Treaty of Malmo. Denmark confirms Swedish independence under Gustavus Vasa.
1536
Denmark adopts Lutheranism as the state religion.
Name Meaning
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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