Sweden Personal Names: Difference between revisions

In 1901 a law required people to adopt permanent surnames to be passed onto successive generations.  

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| Sandström

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| Holmgren

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| Sundberg

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| Ekström

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| Åberg

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| Hedlund

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| Sjögren

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| Månsson

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| Martinsson

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| Öberg

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| Jonasson

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| Andreasson

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| Abrahamsson

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| Dahlberg

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| Hellström

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| Strömberg

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| Blomqvist

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| Norberg

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| Åkesson

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| Blom

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| Göransson

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| Sundström

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| Åström

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| Söderström

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| Ivarsson

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| Löfgren

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| Ek

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| Bergqvist

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| Lindholm

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| Lund

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| Nyman

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| Josefsson

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The earliest known Swedish names appear about 55 A. D. on some 2000 Runic stones scattered around the kingdom. Usually the given names were given to describe a quality or characteristic, or resemble an occurrence or occasion that was desired in the life of the born babe, such as Ragnvald, which means, “He who is mighty with power.”