When Gunnar Vilhelm Carlsson was born on 11 May 1901, in Angelstad, Kronoberg, Sweden, his father, Carl August Johansson, was 40 and his mother, Anna Sofia Mathilda Rapp, was 35. He lived in Malmöhus, Sweden in 1896 and Kvidinge, Södra Åsbo, Kristianstad, Sweden in 1900. He died on 3 April 1979, in Malmö Sankt Johannes, Malmöhus, Sweden, at the age of 77.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Bjorn, Sven, Anders, Erik, Nils, Britt, Mats, Owe, Siw. German Hans, Katharina, Ulrika.
Swedish: patronymic from the personal name Carl . In North America, this surname may also be an altered form of the variant Karlsson . Compare Carlson .
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