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In 1901 a law required people to adopt permanent surnames to be passed onto successive generations. | In 1901 a law required people to adopt permanent surnames to be passed onto successive generations. | ||
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100 most common surnames in Sweden | |||
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| Johansson | |||
| Henriksson | |||
| Sandström | |||
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| Andersson | |||
| Håkansson | |||
| Holmgren | |||
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| Karlsson | |||
| Sjöberg | |||
| Sundberg | |||
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| Nilsson | |||
| Forsberg | |||
| Ekström | |||
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| Eriksson | |||
| Lindqvist | |||
| Åberg | |||
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| Larsson | |||
| Danielsson | |||
| Hedlund | |||
|- | |||
| Olsson | |||
| Engström | |||
| Sjögren | |||
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| Persson | |||
| Lundin | |||
| Månsson | |||
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| Svensson | |||
| Fransson | |||
| Martinsson | |||
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| Gustafsson | |||
| Eklund | |||
| Öberg | |||
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| Pettersson | |||
| Lind | |||
| Jonasson | |||
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| Jonsson | |||
| Johnsson | |||
| Andreasson | |||
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| Jansson | |||
| Samuelsson | |||
| Abrahamsson | |||
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| Hansson | |||
| Gunnarsson | |||
| Dahlberg | |||
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| Bengtsson | |||
| Holm | |||
| Hellström | |||
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| Jönsson | |||
| Bergman | |||
| Strömberg | |||
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| Petersson | |||
| Nyström | |||
| Blomqvist | |||
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| Carlsson | |||
| Holmberg | |||
| Norberg | |||
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| Gustavsson | |||
| Lundqvist | |||
| Åkesson | |||
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| Magnusson | |||
| Arvidsson | |||
| Blom | |||
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| Lindberg | |||
| Mårtensson | |||
| Göransson | |||
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| Olofsson | |||
| Isaksson | |||
| Sundström | |||
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| Lindström | |||
| Nyberg | |||
| Åström | |||
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| Axelsson | |||
| Söderberg | |||
| Söderström | |||
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| Lindgren | |||
| Björk | |||
| Ivarsson | |||
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| Jakobsson | |||
| Nordström | |||
| Löfgren | |||
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| Lundberg | |||
| Lundström | |||
| Ek | |||
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| Bergström | |||
| Eliasson | |||
| Bergqvist | |||
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| Lundgren | |||
| Wallin | |||
| Lindholm | |||
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| Berglund | |||
| Berggren | |||
| Lund | |||
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| Berg | |||
| Björklund | |||
| Nyman | |||
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| Fredriksson | |||
| Ström | |||
| Josefsson | |||
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| Mattsson | |||
| Hermansson | |||
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| Sandberg | |||
| Nordin | |||
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<br><br>Given Names | |||
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.” | 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.” | ||