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Pages in category "Swedish-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 752 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Pages in category "Surnames of Swedish origin" The following 60 pages are in this category, out of 60 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Adlercreutz;
Surnames of Swedish origin (2 C, 60 P) Pages in category "Surnames of Scandinavian origin" The following 71 pages are in this category, out of 71 total.
Most of the names on this list are typical examples of surnames that were adopted when modern surnames were introduced in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In the romantic spirit, they refer to natural features: virta 'river', koski 'rapids', mäki 'hill', järvi 'lake', saari 'island' — often with the suffix -nen added after the model ...
Surnames are inherited from the parents in the order of "same as elder sibling, if any, specified by parents, or mother's last name," and given names must be chosen by the parents at birth. The calling name (Swedish: tilltalsnamn), by which the person is normally identified in conversation, is one of the given names but not necessarily the ...
Some state offices have started to use both last names, in the traditional father then mother order, to reduce the risk of a person being mistaken for others using the same name combinations, e.g. if Eva Duarte and Juan Perón had a child named Juan, he might be misidentified if he were called Juan Perón, but not if he was known as Juan Perón ...
List of Swedish people: This is a list of lists of notable Swedes. By country or ethnicity. List of Sami people; List of Lebanese people in Sweden;
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