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  • in reply to: Scandinavian Family in St John's Area #5438

    Olsen would be from Norway, yes. The en name ending is from Norway and Denmark. In Sweden it is spelled Olson or Olsson. Anderson is spelled Andersen in Norway and Denmark, while in Sweden it’s spelled Andersson with two s. In Swedish, there is no apostrophes. So in English we would say: “Anders’ or John’s son, while in Swedish we would just add an s : “Johns son”. Hence the two s. The same is true for Johnasson. The “J” in Swedish is pronounced with a “y” sound. The last name “Skog”: skog is a Swedish word for “forest”.

    in reply to: Scandinavian Family in St John's Area #5437

    Hello Andrea, I’m originally from Corner Brook, Newfoundland, born and raised and as far as I know, have no ancestry from Sweden. However, I moved to Sweden some years back and am a Swedish citizen. It’s shame I have no ancestors here. However, I have access to many resources here in terms of family ancestry research. If any of you need anything, I’d be more than happy to help.

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