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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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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