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Titel: Mystery about a location and family name.
Skrivet av: Ing-Marie Haglund skrivet 2012-09-15, 21:03
My great grandfather and his brother changed their surname from Jansson to Haglund, when they emigrated to the U.S. in 1882 resp. 1881. Haglund derives from the namne of their farm in Sweden Hagen. It was very popular to change patronymic names to a combination name in the late 19th centrury, unfourtunately everyone cannot be as lucky as my famliy to know the origin of their family name. But there's method in it:
Besides patronymic names, the second most common form of surnames in Sweden are combination names, always consisting out of elements (see list below). Often the terms used in names resemble nature elements such as hills, mountains, different sorts of trees, lakes, etc. Even newly created surnames - many people in Sweden change their common patronymic name into a more individual surname - often follow this scheme