Andreas Olson and Johanna Greta Olsdatter Family Group

Johan Aron Andreasen & Karen Marie Olsdatter

Andreas and Johanna are my Swedish great-great grandparents and parent of my great-grandmother Johanna Olsen. They moved from Sweden (very near the Norwegian border) to Telemark, Norway in the mid-1800’s. . As with the Olsen family, some of their children stayed in Norway and some left for America and ended up in Minnesota and Wisconsin. I will write more later. Tracing these families can be a challenge because of the patronymic naming of children, changes in spelling (Olsen/Olson) and a Swedish/Norwegian border that was always moving.