Our Swedish ancestors are all traced to Kronoberg County, a rural area in the country’s south.  Our last ancestor born here was Warren Fagerland’s paternal grandmother, Mary Johannsdotter-Fagerland (born 1849).  The last ancestors buried in Sweden are Mary’s four grandparents:  my 4GGPs Anders Nilsson and Ingrid Nilsdotter and Mans Olsson and Chirstin Torkelsdotter, who were all alive in 1800.

Kronoberg has been recognized as a county since 1674.  Here is the Kronoberg County page on FamilySearch.  Its only city is the capital, Växjö, with a population of 85,000.  The parishes where our ancestors lived include Slätthög, Göteryd, Pjätteryd, and Kånna.  4GGPs Mans and Chirstin are buried at Kånna Church, a 12th century structure built on the site of a previous stave church.

After 4GGF Anders Nilsson died, Ingrid moved to Jönköping  County (to the north), where she remarried.  I don’t know where she spent the last years of her life.  She was frail and certainly didn’t have any more children.

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