Show ContentsOhlsson History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Ohlsson Family Crest Download (JPG) Heritage Series - 600 DPI

Family Crest Download (JPG) Heritage Series - 600 DPI

Etymology of Ohlsson

What does the name Ohlsson mean?

The origin of the distinguished Ohlsson family can be traced to the historic Scandinavian country of Sweden. The surname Ohlsson is derived from the Scandianavian personal name Oleifr, which also took the forms Olaf, Olof, and Olav. This name is composed of the elements ans, which means god, and leifr, which means relic. The suffix -sson and its variants are translatable as son of.

Ohlsson migration to the United States +



Ohlsson Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Anna Ohlsson, aged 36, who arrived in New York, NY in 1869 1
  • Britta Ohlsson, aged 3, who landed in New York, NY in 1869 1
  • Johannes Ohlsson, who arrived in New York, NY in 1869 1
  • Jonas Ohlsson, aged 7, who landed in New York, NY in 1869 1
  • Lars Ohlsson, who arrived in New York, NY in 1869 1
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name Ohlsson (post 1700) +

  • Carl Fredrik Walter Ola Ohlsson (1931-2023), Swedish actor
  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)

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