Most single girls when I find them marrying say Pige, but some say Frøken. Is there anything significant about this word? Thanks Edward A. Scriven Layton, Utah Always be Happy!!

There are others who are probably better authorities than me, but my understanding from working with Swedish records is that "piga" or "pige" was the term for young peasant class girls, while "froken" was used for young single girls that were in a somewhat higher social class, such as school teacher for example. ----- Original Message ----- From: "EDWARD A SCRIVEN" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, May 12, 2017 6:45:21 PM Subject: [NOR] Pige og Frøken Most single girls when I find them marrying say Pige, but some say Frøken. Is there anything significant about this word? Thanks Edward A. Scriven Layton, Utah Always be Happy!! Norwaylist Archiveshttp://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=norway RESUBSCRIBE UNSUB http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/NOR/NORWAY.html guidelines http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~norway/guidelines.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message