Greta Irene Lof

Brief Life History of Greta Irene

When Greta Irene Lof was born on 29 March 1928, in Pedersöre, Vaasa, Finland, her father, Petter Johannesson Hofslagar Lof, was 35 and her mother, Sofia Irene Åkerholm, was 29.

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Family Time Line

Petter Johannesson Hofslagar Lof
1892–1962
Sofia Irene Åkerholm
1898–1956
Runar Ferdinand Lof
1925–
Anna Lisa Lof
1926–
Greta Irene Lof
1928–
Sven Jonas Lof
1932–2008

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    World Events (3)

    1939

    World War II. Outbreak of World War II. Finland declares its neutrality. In November the Soviet Union invades. The Winter War begins.

    1940

    Finland forced to concede to Soviet Union. Treaty of Moscow gave 10% of Finnish territory to Soviet Union.

    1941

    Germany attacked Soviet Union. Finland launched military campaign to regain territory from Soviet Union. Britain declared war on Finland.

    Name Meaning

    Americanized form of Swedish Löf, an ornamental name from löv ‘leaf’.

    North German: from a shortened form of the personal name Ludolph .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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    GRETA IRENE LOF

    Greta Irene Lof was born March 29, 1928 in Lofo Finland. Her parents were Petter Hofslagar Lof and Sofia Irene Akerholm. Greta never married or had children. She was very close to her sister Anna-Lisa …

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