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Why do many Norwegians have multiple surnames?

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Also, practice varies. Some only have one family name. A friend of mine has his father's surname, while his sister has his mother's, and I have my mother's surname, and my father's family name as a middle name. I suppose we're a nation of anarchists after all. read more

From a place name: dahl means "valley" in Norwegian, and Losne is a place in Norway. LUND Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, English Indicated a person who lived near a grove of trees, from Old Norse lundr meaning "grove". read more

Many earlier immigrants were illiterate, as Norway did not have public education until 1860, and there may not have been a standard spelling of a family’s surname. Sweden Sweden passed the Names Adoption Act in 1901, requiring heritable surnames that are passed down to each generation. read more

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