User:Tommy Kronkvist

Most of my wiki-work contributes to the English and particularly Swedish Wikipedia, where I maintain the same user name as here; Tommy Kronkvist (svwp) and Tommy Kronkvist (enwp). Swedish is my mother-tongue – even though I was born in Finland – but I feel fairly comfortable speaking and writing in English (and some German) as well.

My family name consists of two parts: "Kron" – a short form of the Swedish word "krona" meaning 'crown', as in coronation crown or tree crown – and "kvist", meaning 'bough' or 'twig'. Hence the name Kronkvist refers to a twig in the canopy of a forest, closest to the sun. I'm the fourth generation of Kronkvist's; before that our family name was Mattus – also in Finland, while still speaking Swedish – dating back from late 1637.

Swedish Wikipedia: Mina editeringar.

English Wikipedia: My edit count.