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In the middle of the 19th century, most people in Sweden worked on farms. When industrialization began, new demands arose, among other things a need for a more systematic education of the population. In 1842, a general school (“folkskolan”) was introduced which developed into a seven year compulsory school and some bright farmer children continued their education. One of these was Gunnar’s paternal grandfather, Anders Persson (the son of Per) who came from a farmer family who for generations had cultivated land on an island east of the Swedish mainland, Öland, at a place called Källa (Swedish for a well). When Anders started his higher education, he changed his family name to Källén based on his place of birth. He ended up as a high school teacher. He married a girl who came from a different background with members from the clergy, military and law sections of the society. Anders died young, leaving his wife with two young sons. Despite these odds, both sons managed to get higher educations and both became teachers.
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Jarlskog, C. (2014). Bengt Källén: The Childhood and Youth of Gunnar Källén. In: Jarlskog, C. (eds) Portrait of Gunnar Källén. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00627-7_1
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