The Reasons Behind Changing Foreign-Sounding Surnames in Sweden and Their Development Between 1925 and 2015
In this paper I investigate surname change in Sweden, focusing on the act of changing a foreign- sounding surname and the reasons for surname changes given in applications between the years 1925 and 2015. The various reasons are gathered into different types, and their development over time is inves...
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| description | In this paper I investigate surname change in Sweden, focusing on the act of changing a foreign- sounding surname and the reasons for surname changes given in applications between the years 1925 and 2015. The various reasons are gathered into different types, and their development over time is investigated further. The results show that the most common type of reason is that the applicant’s current surname causes problems with pronunciation and/ or spelling. There is a clear decline in this type of reason between the 1980s and 2010s, which suggests that it has become less problematic to bear a foreign-sounding surname in Sweden in recent decades. This suggestion is further explored with an investigation of how common it has been to change from a foreign-sounding surname to one based on the Swedish language. This investigation shows that it has become less common to change to a surname based on the Swedish language in recent decades. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1598482025-05-19T11:54:56Z The Reasons Behind Changing Foreign-Sounding Surnames in Sweden and Their Development Between 1925 and 2015 Hedberg, Johan surname change family name last name Sweden thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences In this paper I investigate surname change in Sweden, focusing on the act of changing a foreign- sounding surname and the reasons for surname changes given in applications between the years 1925 and 2015. The various reasons are gathered into different types, and their development over time is investigated further. The results show that the most common type of reason is that the applicant’s current surname causes problems with pronunciation and/ or spelling. There is a clear decline in this type of reason between the 1980s and 2010s, which suggests that it has become less problematic to bear a foreign-sounding surname in Sweden in recent decades. This suggestion is further explored with an investigation of how common it has been to change from a foreign-sounding surname to one based on the Swedish language. This investigation shows that it has become less common to change to a surname based on the Swedish language in recent decades. Published 2025-05-19T11:54:53Z 2025-05-19T11:54:53Z 2023-12-12 chapter 9788323374466 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/159848 eng image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International https://wuj.pl/ksiazka/onomastics-in-interaction-with-other-branches-of-science-volume-2#otwarty-dostep https://wuj.pl/the-reasons-behind-changing-foreign-sounding-surnames-in-sweden-and-their-development-between-1925-and-2015 Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego Onomastics in Interaction With Other Branches of Science. Volume 2. Anthroponomastics 10.4467/K7446.46/22.23.17277 10.4467/K7446.46/22.23.17277 b56389e6-bd6e-43b9-abc7-9af91c5afc6b e93deae3-b5ec-4abe-b483-2a536826b783 9788323374466 197-210 open access |
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| title | The Reasons Behind Changing Foreign-Sounding Surnames in Sweden and Their Development Between 1925 and 2015 |
| title_full | The Reasons Behind Changing Foreign-Sounding Surnames in Sweden and Their Development Between 1925 and 2015 |
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| title_full_unstemmed | The Reasons Behind Changing Foreign-Sounding Surnames in Sweden and Their Development Between 1925 and 2015 |
| title_short | The Reasons Behind Changing Foreign-Sounding Surnames in Sweden and Their Development Between 1925 and 2015 |
| title_sort | reasons behind changing foreign sounding surnames in sweden and their development between 1925 and 2015 |
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