tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1384838288660852773.post1194008045811669327..comments2008-07-29T14:22:22.638+02:00Comments on osnaproductions presents...: Coincidence ???dr. Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10965387539930269812noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1384838288660852773.post-48991446194632446412008-02-21T04:08:00.000+01:002008-02-21T04:08:00.000+01:00My last name is Svarens aswell, Swedish background...My last name is Svarens aswell, Swedish background, not exactly a common surname, kinda creepy if we were all related hahaha <BR/><BR/> Also interesting to actually find out what my surname means, never really looked into it....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1384838288660852773.post-11801792879316064502008-01-29T05:16:00.000+01:002008-01-29T05:16:00.000+01:00The name was originally spelled "Sværen" meaning "...The name was originally spelled "Sværen" meaning "the Wide Place", which was the name of the farm in "the Wide Fjord" (Sværefjorden). When Johannes Trond Sværen, your great grandfather, immigrated to the US in 1900, he changed his name to a more common English spelling and became John T. Svaren. The altered spelling in both Norwegian and Swedish means "The answer". Weird, huh?Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523862995765405184noreply@blogger.com