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Historically it was much the same across Scandinavia. Most surnames end in son (sen in Denmark) or dotter (daughter), although people started using their paren
by willvarfar 13y ago
Historically it was much the same across Scandinavia.
Most surnames end in son (sen in Denmark) or dotter (daughter), although people started using their parent's surname some time last century.
Its fun to see the tradition survives in Iceland.
In Sweden its becoming slightly trendy to give your children surnames ending in YOUR-FIRST-NAME+possessive+son/dotter again.
- Dewie 13y agoThat tradition, or the remnants of it (as in retaining -sen as a family name rather than as a patronymic) seem to have almost disappeared in my part of Norway.