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Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116 (pronounced "Albin") was a name given to a Swedish child by his parents in May 1996.
The boy's parents had planned to never legally name him at all, as a protest to the strict child-naming rules of the Swedish government. In Sweden parents can choose from a list of about 1000 names. If they don't find a name to their liking, they could opt for a different one using a petition or by going to court. Since about 2000 the naming rules have been relaxed a little, but are still pretty strict as compared to other European countries: opting for a non-existing name still requires a petition.
A district court in Halmstad, southern Sweden, fined the parents (Elizabeth Hallin and an unidentified father) 5,000 kronor (back then approximately US$ 680 or € 550) for failing to register a name for the boy by his fifth birthday. Responding to the fine, the parents submitted the 43-character name, claiming that it was "a pregnant, expressionistic development that we see as an artistic creation". The parents suggested the name be understood in the spirit of pataphysics. The court rejected the name and upheld the fine.
The parents then tried to change the spelling of the name to A instead. Once again, the court did not approve of the parents' ideas for naming, for in Sweden it is prohibited to have a name of only one letter.
By 1997 the boy still didn't have a name, but did have a passport. The name in the passport is said to be Boy Tarzan.
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