When Michel Michelsen was born in 1662, in Lyngby, Havreballegård, Denmark, his father, Michel Rasmussen, was 50 and his mother, Kirsten Thomasen, was 42. He died on 3 April 1738, at the age of 76.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Johan, Niels, Per, Sofus, Sophus, Thor.
North German, Danish, Norwegian, and Dutch: patronymic from the personal name Michel (see Michael ).
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