Quote Originally Posted by Dram View Post
Thanks Johnny! Cool about the counties. Would love to go to Scandinavia someday but hear it is quite expensive. Perhaps when I have an opprtunity to visit the British Isles. One of my other family names was Bentsen, and I think it is they who had a farm there. Does the name Guldbrand have a translation? It seems like it is an older name?
Guld is old norwegian for gold. I think the guldbrandsen surname has german origins, but I'm not 100% sure.