When Karl Amundsen was born on 11 November 1899, in Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway, his father, Iver Andreas Amundsen, was 40 and his mother, Josefine Fredrikke Aas, was 35. He died about 1981, at the age of 83.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Alf, Erik, Thor, Egil, Hjordis, Iver, Per, Svein.
Norwegian and Danish: patronymic from the personal name Amund, Old Norse Ǫgmundr, composed of the elements agi ‘awe’ (or possibly ag ‘point of a sword’) + mund ‘protection’.
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