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Pages in category "Swedish families" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Benzelius family;
The most common surnames in Sweden are originally patronymic. Family names ending with the suffix "sson" are the most common names in Sweden. In 1901, the Names Adoption Act was passed, which abolished the patronymic practice. From 1901, everyone had to have a family name that was passed down to the next generation.
Pages in category "Swedish-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 751 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The following abbreviations in Sweden are used as pre-nominal letters (rather than post-nominal letters) after the professional title in definite form, followed by a comma, and before the full name: Order of the Seraphim
This was a period which produced a myriad of two-word Swedish family names for the nobility; very favoured prefixes were Adler– (German for 'eagle'), Ehren– (German for 'honor', Swedish ära), Silfver– ('silver') and Gyllen– or Gylden-('golden' or 'gilded'). Unlike a British peerage title ("Lord Somewhere"), such a name became the new ...
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The following unintroduced noble families are included in Kalender öfver i Sverige lefvande ointroducerad adel (1886–1899), [2] Sveriges ointroducerade adels kalender (1912–1944), [3] and/or Kalender över Ointroducerad adels förening (1935–), which are directories of the living (at the time of publication) unintroduced nobility in ...
Eric the Victorious (945–995) r. 970–995: Olof Skötkonung (980–1022) r. 995–1022: Estrid of the Obotrites 979–1035: Emund the Old r. 1050–1060