Talk:Allotment system

Article needs improved referencing

I do not think the referencing in this article meets current current FAC standards. Regards, —mattisse (Talk) 18:09, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

Got to say I agree here. Standards for FA's have gone up alot since 2005. Just having one main reference source for the whole article is a weakness. --Salix (talk): 22:55, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Swedish Soldier Names a.k.a. Swedish Army Names

My mother's last name was "Svensk" and I grew up with the story that her great-grandfather had changed it when he went into the army because the original family name was too common. When I visited Sweden and met some of my mother's cousins who knew more about the family history, I found out more. My great-great-grandfather was one of a pair of identical twins who were conscripted into the Swedish army. Their family name was original Björklund (which translates to "Birch grove" in English). The army made them change it. One of the twins adoped the surname Björk (meaning Birch) and the other (my ancestor) adopted the name Svensk (which means Swede or Swedish). That had to have happened at some point in the 19th century. After they got out of the army, Björk changed his name back to Björklund, but Svensk kept the army name. I have cousins today here in the U.S. with the last name Svensk.

I shared this story with people whom I met in Sweden and they all knew about army names, telling me that whenever you meet a Swede with a one-syllable last name, it's usually one of those army names. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Toddabearsf (talk • contribs) 00:51, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

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learning is fun

I just learned why my ancestor's surname changed from Månsson. —Antonissimo (talk) 21:49, 9 August 2026 (UTC)