23-2106: Persson (also Person, Pärsson) is the eighth most common Swedish family name . It is a patronymic surname and literally means "son of Per ". People with the surname [ edit ] Åke Persson , Swedish jazz trombonist Berta Persson (1893-1961), first woman bus driver in Sweden. Erling Persson , founder of Swedish clothing company H&M Essy Persson , Swedish actress Göran Persson , Swedish politician and former Prime Minister (1996–2006) Håkan Persson , Swedish 3D-Artist Halvor Persson (born 1966), Norwegian ski jumper Joakim Persson , retired Swedish footballer Johanna Persson , Swedish female badminton player Jöran Persson , counsellor to King Erik XIV of Sweden Jörgen Persson , Swedish table tennis player Karl-Johan Persson , billionaire CEO and president of Swedish company H&M Kristin Persson , Swedish physicist and chemist Kristina Persson (born 1945), Swedish politician Leif G. W. Persson , Swedish criminologist and writer Marie Persson (born 1967), Swedish curler Markus Persson , Swedish video game developer Miah Persson , Swedish soprano Michael Persson (born 1959), Swedish weightlifter Nahid Persson , Swedish director Nina Persson , Swedish pop singer Örjan Persson , retired Swedish footballer Peter Persson (born 1955), Swedish politician Rickard Persson (born 1959), Swedish politician Sara Persson , Swedish female badminton player Set Persson , Swedish communist politician Stefan Persson (fashion magnate) , billionaire owner of Swedish company H&M Stefan Persson (ice hockey) , retired professional ice hockey player Stieg Persson , Australian artist Tom Persson , billionaire hier to H&M fortune and filmmaker Torsten Persson , Swedish economist Ulrica Persson , Swedish cross-country skier Fictional characters [ edit ] Una Persson ,
46-480: A latinised form of patronymic names: Lars Petersson, latinised as Laurentius Petri. They were not hereditary per se , as priests were not allowed to marry. From the time of the Reformation , the latinised form of their birthplace ( Laurentius Petri Gothus , from Östergötland ) became a common naming practice for the clergy. These names became hereditary. Another subsequent practice was the use of Greek with
69-622: A recurring character in many of Michael Moorcock 's ' Multiverse ' novels. Other variations [ edit ] Dale-Elizabeth Pehrsson , American academic administrator Magnus Pehrsson , retired Swedish footballer Robert Pehrsson , Swedish musician Cristina Husmark Pehrsson , Swedish politician Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp , former Prime Minister of Sweden Anja Pärson (born 1981), Swedish Olympic skier References [ edit ] ^ "Efternamn - Statistics Sweden" . scb.se . See also [ edit ] Persson Motorsport , German racing team competing in
92-405: A soldier with a small cottage and piece of land. The soldiers were often given names either describing their character (e.g. Modig 'brave', Skarp 'sharp' or Snygg 'clean') or weapons (e.g. Sabel 'sabre', Lans 'lance' or Sköld 'shield') or joining two elements from nature as above. The name often followed the cottage rather than the soldier. The soldiers' names became actual surnames during
115-438: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Swedish family name In Sweden , a person must have a surname and one or more given names . Two given names are common. Surnames are inherited from the parents in the order of "same as elder sibling, if any, specified by parents, or mother's last name," and given names must be chosen by the parents at birth. The calling name ( Swedish : tilltalsnamn ), by which
138-531: The Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Peerson Pehrson Person (surname) [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Persson . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. v t e Surnames associated with
161-560: The Late Middle Ages ; instead, patronymics were used. In Sweden , the patronymic endings are –sson by default or, now very rarely, for females, –sdotter , e.g. Karl sson or Karl sdotter ("Karl's son", "Karl's daughter"). The latter ending, if not from ancient times, are mostly recent creations, such as Amelia Ander sdotter and Karin Olof sdotter . They were gradually replaced by permanent surnames starting with
184-517: The nobility and clergy, followed by the middle classes. The vast majority of people adopted surnames only in the late 19th century, often by taking patronymic surnames . The adoption of Latin names was first used by the Catholic clergy in the 15th century as scholarly publications were written in Latin. The given name was preceded by Herr (Sir), like Herr Lars, Herr Olof, Herr Hans, followed by
207-529: The 17th and even more so in the 18th centuries, the Swedish middle classes in the 17th century, particularly artisans and town dwellers, adopted family names in imitation of the gentry . Ornamental family names joining two elements from birthplace or nature, such as Bergman ("mountain man"), Holmberg ("island mountain"), Lindgren ("linden branch"), Sandström ("sand stream") and Åkerlund ("field grove") were quite frequent and remain common today. During
230-539: The 19th centuries respectively denote nobility, often in combination with a change to the original name. Examples include Carl Linnæus (also Carolus Linnæus) ennobled Carl von Linné, or af Donner from the German name Donner . When a nobleman was raised to higher rank to friherre or greve , the new branch became its own house with a new name, often by appending af and a place name: Wachtmeister af Björkö , Wachtmeister af Johannishus , Wachtmeister af Mälsåker . In
253-454: The 19th century, the patronymics became permanent "son names". Before Sweden's Family Name Regulation Act (släktnamnsförordningen) of 1901, the patronymic was more widely used than the surname. Another source of surnames was the Swedish allotment system , which from the mid-to-late 17th century was organised to maintain a standing army, and a number of farms were grouped together and supported
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#1732780421502276-413: The 19th century. To disambiguate between several people with the same name in a community or parish, additional descriptions, usually the name of a farm, such as ( Anders Larsson vid Dammen , 'Swedish Anders Larsson by the damm ) could be used colloquially but were not always recorded in church records. In the region of Dalecarlia , the farm names (Swedish: gårdsnamn ) are often unique and put first in
299-663: The Swedish Tax Agency (Swedish Skatteverket ). Some names may be denied if they go against Swedish naming law. Some names have been denied are: Persson Motorsport Persson Motorsport was an auto racing team based in Germany . Managed by Ingmar Persson , they have competed in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (formerly Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft ) since their formation in 1993 until 2012, running privateer Mercedes . In
322-487: The ending with ander , the Greek word for man (e.g. Micrander , Mennander ). The Swedish nobility during medieval times did not have formal naming conventions, as letters of patent did not appear until 1420. The families of the uradel used names deriving from the crest of the house such as Brahe , Natt och Dag , Bielke , Sparre , Oxenstierna , Trolle , Bååt and Bonde . After the nobility had been established as
345-402: The first estate of the realm in 1626, family names became mandatory (disambiguation was sometimes needed ), and the use of patronymics by the nobility fell out of use. In the 17th and the 18th centuries, the surname was only rarely the original family name of the ennobled; usually, a more imposing new name was chosen. This was a period which produced a myriad of two-word Swedish family names for
368-2590: The given name Peter Baltic Pētersons Petraitis Petravičius Petrusevičius [REDACTED] Celtic McFetridge McPhedran Germanic Parkin Parkins Parkinson Pearce Pearse Pearson Pedersen Pederson Peer Peers Peeters Peirce Perkin Perkins Perkinson Persson Peter (surname) Peters Peterson Petersson Petersen Piech Pierce Piers Pieters Pieterse Pietersen Pietsch Pietzschke Pötschke Pötzsch Hellenic Petridis Petrou Petropoulos Romance De Pietro Di Pietro Pedrazzini Pedrelli Pedretti Pédrez Pedrini Pedroni Pedrotti Peiris Pérez Peres Peris Perotti Petrazzi Petrelli Petrencu Petrescu Petri Petrini Petrone Petrocelli Petroni Petrozzi Petrucci Petrucelli Petruzzi Pieri Pieroni Pierotti Pierucci Pietri Pires Pirez Píriz Slavic Petrak Petrakov Petráš Petrash Petrashov Petrashevsky Petrek Petrecki Petrenko Petrić Petříček Petrick Petrik Petrikov Petrishin Petrof Petrov Petrovič Petrović Petrovich Petrovski Petrovsky Petrovykh Petrowski Petrunin Petrusewicz Petrushin Petryak Petryuk Petryk Petunin Pietrusiewicz Piotrowicz Piotrkowski Piotrowski Other Peterffy Petras Petre Petriashvili Petrosyan (multiple spellings) Petrus Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Persson&oldid=1256568692 " Categories : Surnames Patronymic surnames Swedish-language surnames Surnames from given names Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
391-421: The name in genitive form: Ollas Anders Eriksson (Anders from Olla, son of Erik). As patronyms were replaced by surnames, they either became surnames proper (at the end) or continued to be used in the traditional way in combination with a new surname. The tradition is now recognised in law, and farm names appear before given names in official records. When parents name their child, the name must be registered with
414-414: The nobility; very favoured prefixes were Adler– (German for 'eagle'), Ehren– (German for 'honor', Swedish ära ), Silfver– ('silver') and Gyllen– or Gylden- ('golden' or 'gilded'). Unlike a British peerage title ("Lord Somewhere"), such a name became the new surname of the whole house, and the old surname was dropped altogether. The ennoblement (in 1632) of Peder Joenson is a case in point in which
437-550: The old DTM, from 1993 to 1996, their drivers included Uwe Alzen and Bernd Mayländer . Over this period, Persson were the best privateer team, three years in succession between 1993 and 1995. When the DTM was postponed, they moved their focus to the FIA GT Championship racing Mercedes-Benz CLK GTRs in 1998 , with Mayländer, Christophe Bouchut , Marcel Tiemann and Jean-Marc Gounon sharing driving duties. The DTM
460-429: The person is normally identified in conversation, is one of the given names but not necessarily the first. In contexts in which the full name is spelled out, the calling name is often indicated by an asterisk, capital letters, underlining or italics. For example, Märta Birgit* Nilsson is known as Birgit Nilsson, and Björn* Kristian Ulvaeus is known as Björn Ulvaeus. In Scandinavia , surnames proper did not exist until
483-411: The team in 2007 and 2008, winning at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben in 2007, ahead of Paul di Resta who raced for them in 2007 in a two-year-old car, finishing a stunning fifth in the standings. Unsurprisingly he was signed by the factory AMG-Mercedes team for 2008. In 2009 Persson's drivers are British duo Jamie Green and Susie Stoddart , with Green winning the third round of the 2009 season at
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#1732780421502506-411: The use of the old surname was discontinued, and Peder Gyllensvärd afterward came into use. An illustration of the old name being modified by having an addition to it can be seen the ennoblement of the brothers Johan Henrik Lang and Lars Adam Lang (in 1772) taking the surname Langenskjöld . Names prefixed with von or af (older spelling of "av", Sw: "from") which were commonly adopted in the 18th and
529-635: Was resurrected in 2000 and Persson returned with Tiemann and Peter Dumbreck in the Mercedes-Benz CLK DTM . In 2001 they gave future F1 driver Christijan Albers his DTM debut alongside Thomas Jäger . Katsutomo Kaneishi raced for the team in 2003, while Stefan Mücke and Markus Winkelhock raced for them in 2004. In 2005 they gave future race-winners Bruno Spengler and Jamie Green their DTM debuts. Former F1 driver Jean Alesi raced for them in 2006 alongside Alexandros Margaritis and Mathias Lauda . Former champion Gary Paffett raced for
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