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"Until about 1850-1870 most ordinary people used patronymics instead of surnames."

Danish Last Name Meanings
Danish Patronymics
Femaile Danish Names
Genealogical Dictionary Danish Terms For Most Family Relations
Geographical distribution of some Danish surnames: reflections of social and natural selection
Institute of Community Health, University of Odense, Denmark.
Male Danish Names

"Most Icelanders still follow the age old tradition of using the first name of their father as the basis for their last name. "

Icelandic Laws For Giving Names
These laws apply when naming children born in Iceland
Icelandic Names
The Icelandic telephone book (símaskrá) is organized after first names.
Icelandic Names
Virtually Virtual Iceland
Icelandic Names
Most Icelanders still follow the ancient tradition of deriving their last name from the first name of their father.
Icelandic Surnames
and the Icelandic language
Irminsul Ættir Archives - Nafnasafnið
This is a list of Icelandic names that were used in heathen times.
The Thing With Icelandic Names
Viking Names found in the Landnámabók
This is a list of masculine and feminine names taken from The Old Norse Name, by Geirr Bassi Haraldsson (a.k.a. Dr. G. Fleck).

"In Norway, in addition to the patronymic, the Norwegian often added the name of the farm or village where he resided as his surname."

The Confusion of Norwegian Names
From Norse to the Palouse Sagas of the Selbu Norwegians by Marv Slind
The Norwegian Language in America
Norwegian Naming Convention
Excerpted from How to trace your ancestors in Norway, by the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norwegian Naming Patterns
Norwegian Naming Practices
Norwegian Naming Practices
by Olaf Kringhaug
Norwegian Surname Conventions

"Members of the noblilty use patronomikons as surnames. This takes the form of (name)-sen in Denmark and Norway and (name)-son in Sweden."

Behind the Name: Swedish Names
ET Genealogi - Swedish names
Some notes on Swedish names by Nils William Olsson, Ph.D, F.A.S.G.
Female Swedish Names
Male Swedish Names
Släktforskarförbundets namnlista, introduktion
Swedish Feminine Given Names
by Aryanhwy merch Catmael
Swedish Feminine Names from ca. 1300
by Lindorm Eriksson
Swedish-Finn Surnames in America
Swedish Finn Historical Society
Swedish Naming Information
This website has information relating to Swedish naming practices. (It also contains information on Norse, Danish and Finish.)
Swedish Names and Their English Counterparts
Swedish Naming Patterns
Swedish Naming Practices in Earlier Times, surnames
Hasses Hemsida & Släktforskning (Hans Högman)
Swedish Surnames
This is a message board intended only for Surnames and Locations.
Swedish Surnames
By Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer, January 2001
Swedish Surnames Researchers