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Sweden Roots Swedish Genealogy InformationSwedish Last NamesThis list of Swedish Last Names is offered as an aid to deciphering difficult to read handwriting. Sometimes if there is something to compare handwriting against, then determining the actual intended name is possible. Please suggest names to add to dularson@bellsouth.netKeep in mind that up through 1900, most men took the first name of their father and ended their name with ____sson. Example Lars = LarssonKeep in mind that up through 1900, most women took the first name of the father and ended their name with ____sdotter. Example Lars = LarsdotterThere were family names which end in neither a son or dotter. These names were typically continued for generations unchanged. Example Bonnevier remained unchanged for at least three hundred years. In fact it is still used to this date.Alfredsson
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