When Peter Norman Julius Iversen was born on 23 June 1862, in Norway, his father, Ivar Isachsson, was 38 and his mother, Charlotte Augusta Andreasdatter Berg, was 30.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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Birth year of Fridtjof Nansen. Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Iver, Bernt, Erik, Niels, Svein, Alf, Anders, Bent, Bjorg, Einer, Gudmund, Jorgen.
Danish and Norwegian: patronymic from the personal name Iver, from Old Norse Ívarr, a compound of either ív ‘yew tree, bow’ or Ing (the name of a god) + ar ‘warrior’ or ‘spear’.
North German: patronymic from an ancient Germanic personal name, a cognate of 1 above. Compare Iverson 1.
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