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It appears that the name "Flink" is Swedish, meaning "nimble, quick." It is one of a number of short surnames assigned to Swedish soldiers. (1) Starting in about 1680, a Swedish levy called the 'Indelningsverket' began assigning new soldiers these names. (2)
Robert Pastor, Jan Frelin, and Christer Romson researched this name.
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Alan Terlep
Academy of St. Gabriel
(1) Hanks, Patrick & Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press: New York, 1990.
(2) Modeer, Ivar: 'Svenska Personnamn', Lund 1989.