When Karl Johan Erik Svensson was born on 13 November 1863, in Backaryd, Blekinge, Sweden, his father, Swen Andersson, was 36 and his mother, Ingeborg Olsdotter, was 32. He married Augusta Charlotta Petersdotter on 5 November 1898, in Kronoberg, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 5 February 1940, in Backaryd, Blekinge, Sweden, at the age of 76.
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The Swedish krona replaced the Swedish riksdaler as the national currency in 1873.
Fredrika Bremer Association was founded in 1884 and is Sweden's oldest women's rights organization.
World exposition held in Stockholm. First Swedish car built.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Lars, Anders, Erik, Lennart, Sven, Ejnar, Johan, Bent, Bjorn, Gunn, Holger, Mats. German Ernst, Kurt, Markus, Otto.
Swedish: patronymic from the personal name Sven, from Old Norse Sveinn, originally a byname meaning ‘boy, servant’. It is also found in Denmark, northern Germany, and Norway. Compare Svenson , Swainson , Swanson , Swenson , Swensson , and Swinson .
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