Sillerud is a parish in
Årjäng Municipality
Årjäng Municipality (''Årjängs kommun'') is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden, bordering Norway. Its seat is located in the town of Årjäng.
A separate local government entity named Årjäng was created in 1941 when i ...
, western
Värmland
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, and partly in
Dalsland
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,
Sweden
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, with a population of approximately 110.
It is believed that
Måns Andersson
Måns Andersson (born ? - died after 4 December 1679), was a pioneer in the Swedish colony of New Sweden.
Biography
During October 1639, Måns Andersson left Gothenburg on the ship ''Kalmar Nyckel'' heading to New Sweden. He had been hired as a ...
, an ancestor of the
Bush family
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, was from Sillerud, because he named his farm in North America ''Silleryd''. Place names with "-ryd" endings, however, are uncommon in Värmland but more common in South Sweden, particularly in
Småland
Småland () is a historical province () in southern Sweden.
Småland borders Blekinge, Scania, Halland, Västergötland, Östergötland and the island Öland in the Baltic Sea. The name Småland literally means ''Small Lands''. The Latinized fo ...
. ''Sill'' is the
Swedish
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word for herring and ''rud/ryd'' means a small deforested area.
Populated places in Värmland County
Värmland
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