When Per Nilsson was born on 8 September 1889, in Gualöv, Villand, Kristianstad, Sweden, his father, Nils Knutsson, was 33 and his mother, Karna Andersdotter, was 35. He married Elin Malvina Bernhardina Nilsson on 22 March 1913. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 18 January 1961, in Köpinge, Gärd, Kristianstad, Sweden, at the age of 71.
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World exposition held in Stockholm. First Swedish car built.
First Nobel Prize awarded.
The Swedish General Strike of August 4 to September 4, 1909, was joined by over 300,000 people across Sweden. The Swedish General Strike was the first major dispute between the Swedish Trade Union Confederation and the Swedish Employers Association.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Lars, Nils, Per, Anders, Egil, Lennart, Sven, Birgit, Fredrik, Sten, Algot. German Kurt, Hans, Otto, Gerhard, Gotthard, Karl-Heinz.
Swedish and German: patronymic from the personal name Nils, a shortened form of Nikolaus. Compare Nilson , Neilson 3, and Nielson 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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