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Swedish names Posted by on Mar 8, 2012

The naming of your child in Sweden is a process that actually has to go through the Swedish tax agency. Recently unusual names have become the norm. Names for girls like Elin, Anna, Hanna, Sofie, Lisa, Felicia and Moa have just in the past year been substituted for 1200 new girls’ names and 1000 new…

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Popular names in Sweden Posted by on Nov 9, 2011

Names are always an interesting topic and they often reflects a country’s culture and trends quite well. Sweden’s beloved Astrid Lindgren has for example had lots of influence on children’s name in the past – before her books there were hardly any children named Ronja or Rasmus, names that exploded in the 80ies. According to…

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