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While researching genealogy, I spotted quads born in 1750. That there even were quads born so long ago fascinated me, and I started to wonder how many could ever have been born in little Sweden. I managed to find reports on at least 86 sets between 1721 and 2005 (apparently less than are born in the US each year, lol). These are the ones I've found the names of. What do you think? How would you complete the sets where not all are named?

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1721: Katarina, Maria, Britta, stillborn boy
1724: Karin, Ingeborg, Anna, Kerstin
1728: Sven, Erik, Karin, Anna
1750: Nils, Lars, Olof, stillborn girl
1759: Anders, Nils, Maja, Kristina
1760: Abraham, Sara, two stillborn girls
1762: Britta, Per, Erik, Olof
1811: Sven, Stina, Maria, stillborn girl
1826: Lotta, Gustav, Karl, Jan
1841: Johan, Anders, Stina, Maja
1857: Katarina Margareta, Emma Ulrika, Erik, Gustav
1857: Abraham, Isak, Jakob, Augusta
1859: Johan Alarik, Per Harald, Triola Ellida Charlotta, stillborn girl (thought it said Frida at first, but no, Triola it is ...)
1871: Arvid, Johan, Oskar, stillborn boy
1874: Axel, Hilma, Oleana, stillborn boy
1879: Kristina, Jenny, Lovisa, stillborn girl
1884: Anna, Bengta, Elsa, stillborn girl
1884: Matilda, Selma, Alma, Anna
1891: Klas Emil, Johan Viktor, Anna Maria, stillborn girl
1901: Hugo, Karl, Elsa, Karin

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ETA:
A newspaper from 1895 writes that Karolinska Institute in Stockholm has, "since long times", wax casts of a set of quadruplets, all born alive (but soon dead) and named Abraham, Isak, Jakob and Svante (naming boy triplets after the patriarchs seems to have been kind of common. Couldn't Svante have gotten Josef or Daniel or something?). I haven't been able to find when they were born.

This message was edited 4/25/2012, 1:42 PM