The Långaryd 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[1]). 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[2]).
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 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.[3][4]
Status 2006
editAs 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.[3]
Famous members
editRoyalty
edit- Ferdinand of Liechtenstein (by marriage)
- Hanno von Liechtenstein
- Andreas von Liechtenstein
- Max von Liechtenstein
- Evalena Worthington
Politics
edit- Björn Rosengren (s) – former minister of finance (by marriage)
- Jörgen Andersson (s) – former minister of interior and minister of housing
- count Carl B. Hamilton (fp) – professor of economics and member of parliament
- Jan Nygren (s) – former minister (by marriage)
- Mikael Odenberg (m) – former minister of defence
Government
edit- Sven-Olof Petersson – ambassadeur to EU
- Louise Sylwander (born Nordenskiöld)
Religion
edit- Carl Block – bishop of Göteborg
- John Cullberg – biskop of Västerås
- Christina Odenberg – biskop of Lund
- John Bendix – bishop in US Methodism
- Abd al Haqq Kielan – imam and leader of the Muslims in Sweden (by marriage)
Science
edit- Hans-Uno Bengtsson – physics at Lunds universitet
- Bodil Jönsson – physics, author. Active at Lunds universitet
Music
edit- Joakim Thåström – known from Ebba Grön and Imperiet
- Titiyo Jah – singer
- Magnus Carlsson – singer in Barbados and Alcazar
- Daniel Bellqvist – singer in Eskobar
- William Lind – band leader
- Wollmar Sandell – pianist
Theater and movies
edit- Inga Landgré – actor
- Nils Poppe – comic and actor (by marriage)
- Torsten Wahlund – actor (by marriage)
- Andreas Wilson- actor
- Ronny Danielsson – director
Art and design
edit- Erland Cullberg – artist
- Hardy Strid – artist
- Claes Bondelid – fashion designer (co-living with a family member)
- Lars Danielsson – artist
- Kristoffer Akselbo – artist, MFA
- Robert Magnusson – Webdesigner
Literature
edit- Göran Sonnevi – author
Mass media
edit- Sigurd Glans – Aftonbladet
- Maria Schottenius – Dagens Nyheter
- Olle Svenning – journalist and author (by marriage)
- Lars Madsén – radio reporter (by marriage)
- Siewert Öholm – TV producer (by marriage)
Finance
edit- Carl Jehander – railway constructor (built 2000 km), engineer, industrialist and member of parliament
- Vincent Bendix – from Chicago, inventor of the self-starting automobile
- Åke Nordlander – executive director of Sveriges verkstadsförening
- Johan Staël von Holstein – entrepreneur
Sport
edit- Mats Jingblad – football coach
- Glenn Hysén – football player (by marriage)
- Tobias Hysén – football player, son of Glenn Hysén
- Johan Mjällby – football player (by marriage)
- Michael Svensson – football player
- Christian Wilhelmsson – football player
- Ulf "Tickan" Carlsson – table tennis player
- Peter Karlsson – table tennis player (by marriage)
Books
edit| Year | Author | Name (Swedish ) | Name (English) | ISBN | Pages | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006/2010 | Per Andersson and Johan Lindhardt | Långarydssläkten: länsman Anders Jönssons i Långaryd ättlingar under tre sekel | The Långaryd family: bailiff Anders Jönssons in Långaryd descendants for three centuries | ISBN 91-87784-17-3 | 3184 | Divided into five books |
| 2002 | Per Andersson and Johan Lindhardt | Långarydssläkten: länsman Anders Jönssons i Långaryd ättlingar under tre sekel. Sju nyutforskade grenar | The Långaryd family: bailiff Anders Jönssons in Långaryd descendants for three centuries. Seven new branches explored | ISBN 91-87784-13-0 | 187 | Part of ISBN 91-87784-01-7 |
| 1998 | Per Andersson and Johan Lindhardt | Långarydssläkten: länsman Anders Jönssons i Långaryd ättlingar under tre sekel | The Långaryd family: bailiff Anders Jönssons in Långaryd descendants for three centuries | ISBN 91-87784-11-4 | 1064 | |
| 1991 | Johan Lindhardt | Långarydssläkten: länsman Anders Jönssons i Långaryd ättlingar under tre sekel. Register | The Långaryd family: bailiff Anders Jönssons in Långaryd descendants for three centuries. Index | ISBN 91-87784-01-7 (entire work) | 24 | |
| 1990 | Per Andersson | Långarydssläkten: länsman Anders Jönssons i Långaryd ättlingar under tre sekel | The Långaryd family: bailiff Anders Jönssons in Långaryd descendants for three centuries | ISBN 91-87784-01-7 | 456 | |
| 1988 | Per Andersson | Långarydsättlingar: stamtavla över länsman Anders Jönssons i Långaryd descendenter. Nya Långarydsättlingar : supplement med släktnamnsregister | Långaryd Descendants: pedigree of bailiff Anders Jönsson in Långaryd descendent. New Långaryd Descendants: supplementation with the surname register | ISBN 91-86128-14-0, ISBN 91-86128-13-2 (entire work) | 68 | another title: Nya Långarydsättlingar. Part of ISBN 91-86128-13-2 |
| 1988 | Per Andersson | Långarydsättlingar: stamtavla över länsman Anders Jönssons i Långaryd descendenter | Långaryd Descendants: pedigree of bailiff Anders Jönsson in Långaryd descendent | ISBN 91-86128-13-2 | 223 | |
| 1988 | Per Andersson | Långarydsättlingar: stamtavla över länsman Anders Jönssons i Långaryd descendenter | Långaryd Descendants: pedigree of bailiff Anders Jönsson in Långaryd descendent | ISBN 91-86128-11-6 | 100 |
External links
edit- Långarydssläkten, official page
- ^ "Longest family tree". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
- ^ "Largest family reunion".
- ^ a b Andersson, Per; Lindhardt, Johan (2006). Långarydssläkten: länsman Anders Jönssons i Långaryd ättlingar under tre sekel [The Långaryd family: bailiff Anders Jönssons in Långaryd descendants for three centuries] (in Swedish). Vol. 1. Stockholm: Draken. ISBN 91-87784-17-3.
- ^ a b Andersson, Per; Lindhardt, Johan. "Långarydssläkten" [The Långardy family] (in Swedish).