When Swen Olasson was born on 8 December 1851, in Ausås, Södra Åsbo, Kristianstad, Sweden, his father, Ola Jönsson, was 44 and his mother, Anna Pålsdotter, was 40.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Hild.
Swedish: patronymic from the personal name Clas, a shortened form of Niklas (see Nicholas ). In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the variant Klasson. Compare Clason 1.
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