When Karl Emil Laurentius Nygren was born on 10 August 1897, in Visby, Gotland, Sweden, his father, Johan Petter Nygren, was 39 and his mother, Maria Gustafva Albertina Andersdotter, was 37. He died about 1960, at the age of 64.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Anders, Lars, Sten, Evald, Lennart, Mats, Per, Thor, Vidar.
Swedish: ornamental name formed with ny ‘new’ + gren‘branch’.
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