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[Opinions] Re: Swedish Museum names!
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CN
7/19/2023, 8:00 AM
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a message by December Kat
I'm Swedish and I've done a lot of genealogy research on emigrants who left for the US. I would say that you're correct thinking Swan is an Americanised version of
Sven
. It's also quite common that the last name Svensson became Swanson.
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Swedish Museum names!
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December Kat
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7/18/2023, 8:06 PM
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Re: Swedish Museum names!
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CN
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7/19/2023, 8:00 AM