The LÃ¥ngaryd family is one of the largest documented families in the world, according to Guinness World Records (the current world-record holder being the descendants of Confucius). It was noted twice in the Guinness World Records, both for most known relatives (1988) and the largest family reunion (2500 people in 1991, now replaced by another record holder).
The family descended from the churchwarden Nils Andersson (Ackerman) (1620–1717) and his wife Börta (a local variant of Brita) (around 1631–1705) from Våthult in the current
Hylte
Hylte Municipality (''Hylte kommun'') is the only inland municipality of Halland County in southwest Sweden. The industrial town Hyltebruk is the seat of the municipality.
The first Hylte Municipality was created in 1952 through the amalgama ...
municipality (in southwest Sweden) and includes (unlike the usual) all descendants of him to both male as female part, including some adopted and foster children. The origin of name is that they originally started from Anders Jönsson (1662–1716) who lived in Långaryd the current Gislaved.
Status 2006
As of 2006 the family has 149,000 registered members (including by marriage); 100,000 are directly descendant from Anders Jönsson; 111,500 are still alive (76,000 of them direct descendant); 99,000 live in Sweden; and 9,000 live in the US. The family makes up 1.1% of the population of Sweden. The only municipality in Sweden they are not represented in is Bjurholm. The family is represented in 48 of 50 states in the US (Delaware and Mississippi missing). The family lives in 60 countries in all continents.
* Björn Rosengren (s) – former minister of finance (by marriage)
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Jörgen Andersson
:''See also Jörgen Andersson (politician).''
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Selected filmography
*1997 - ''Beck – Ma ...
(s) – former minister of interior and minister of housing
* count
Carl B. Hamilton
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(fp) – professor of economics and member of parliament
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Jan Nygren
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Selected filmography
*1973 - ''Emil och griseknoen''
*1973 - '' NÃ¥gonstans i Sv ...
(s) – former minister (by marriage)
* Mikael Odenberg (m) – former minister of defence
Carl Block
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John Cullberg
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Biography
After studies at Gothenburg University College
The University of Gothenbur ...
Lund
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John Bendix
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imam
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Lunds universitet
, motto = Ad utrumque
, mottoeng = Prepared for both
, established =
, type = Public research university
, budget = SEK 9 billion Bodil Jönsson – physics, author. Active at
Lunds universitet
, motto = Ad utrumque
, mottoeng = Prepared for both
, established =
, type = Public research university
, budget = SEK 9 billion Joakim Thåström – known from
Ebba Grön
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and
Imperiet
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History
started as , a side project to the Swedish punk band , and included three of its members. When broke up in 1983, re-emerged as ; with Joakim Thåström (lead vo ...
Torsten Wahlund
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– actor (by marriage)
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Andreas Wilson
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- actor
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Ronny Danielsson
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– director
Art and design
* Erland Cullberg – artist
* Hardy Strid – artist
* Claes Bondelid – fashion designer (co-living with a family member)
* Lars Danielsson – artist
* Kristoffer Akselbo – artist, MFA
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Robert Magnusson Robert Magnusson from the University of Texas at Arlington, TX was named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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– Webdesigner
Literature
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Göran Sonnevi
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Aftonbladet
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History and profile
The newspaper was founded by Lars Johan H ...
Johan Staël von Holstein
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Johan Mjällby
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Ulf "Tickan" Carlsson
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– table tennis player
* Peter Karlsson – table tennis player (by marriage)