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Norwegian last names-norske etternavn Posted by on Oct 21, 2010

You may wonder why so many people with Scandinavian heritage have an etternavn (last name or surname) that ends in ‘son’ or ‘sen.’ There is a very simple answer and you will be much less perplexed to know the story behind the billion Johnsons of Olsons you know.  Ok, maybe you don’t know that many…

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