{"id":994,"date":"2016-03-06T21:42:17","date_gmt":"2016-03-06T20:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/?p=994"},"modified":"2019-12-11T00:49:26","modified_gmt":"2019-12-10T23:49:26","slug":"norwegian-renaming-traditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/norwegian-renaming-traditions\/","title":{"rendered":"Norwegian renaming traditions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many genealogists know about renaming traditions. Some use it for a lot more than it’s worth.<\/p>\n

When we talk about renaming we are, of course, talking about the tradition of giving the children the names of their forefathers and mothers.<\/p>\n

I am writing this in response to many questions I, over the years, have received about these traditions. I have also seen these traditions used to “prove” a relation. This is hazardous and I have seen family trees blow over due to this practice.<\/p>\n

Even though they are not applied anymore the traditions are, pretty much, part of common knowledge among Norwegians. I have also based this little introduction on some sources that unfortunately, to my knowledge are \u00a0available only in Norwegian. Please refer to the list of sources at the end.<\/p>\n

The only two unquestionable statements that can be made about Norwegian renaming traditions are:\u00a01) the\u00a0use varied\u00a0through the years, from district to district and from family to family. In very general terms we can say that the further back we go the stricter the following of these traditions we find. 2) renaming may\u00a0suggest a relationship, but never prove it<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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That was perhaps three statements \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

The basic pattern of renaming is:<\/p>\n