Useful Links
Swedish Archives | Research Institutions in Sweden | Online Databases

Swedish History Sites | Geographical Help Sites | Swedish Language

Local Swedish Historical Sites in English

Sw-Am Gen. Societies | Sw. Historical Resources in the US | In Canada

Bulletin Boards | Swedish American Newspapers

Swedish Holiday Traditions | Ancestors of Famous Swedes

Other Useful Links


Swedish archives

Riksarkivet och landsarkiven: Swedish National Archives and its branches, the Provincial archives

Svensk Arkivinformation: SVAR - the microfiche provider

Stockholms Stadsarkiv: Stockholm City Archives

Lantmäteriverket: National Land Survey

The office of Custodian of National Antiquities: Images of the Swedish National Heritage Board

Demographic Data Base: About Parish Registers


Other Research Institutions in Sweden

Swedish Emigrant Institute, Växjö

Emigrantregistret/The Kinship Center, Karlstad

Emigrants from Jämtland Ragunda Emigrant Center

Migranternas Hus, Alfta, Gästrikland

Släktforskarnas Hus House of Genealogy, Leksand

Swedish Databases On-line

Socken-Sök Here you can search for a parish and find out where it is. Instructions in English

The Swedish Census 1890 (Norrbotten, Västerbotten, Västernorrland, Jämtland, and Värmland [free info]

Swedish Census 1890, part of 1900 and much more [subscription database]

Demographical Database for Southern Sweden

Genline Swedish Church Records On-line [subscription database]

The Union Catalog of the Swedish National Library [Kungliga Biblioteket]

Database with excerpts of Birth, Deaths and Marriages in Jönköping County
in Swedish by the Jönköpingsbygdens Genealogiska Förening

The DISBYT database with thousands of names

The Släktdata Society has many downloadable files of Births, Marriages and Deaths from Western Sweden

Gotland Families, a database built by Olle Överby

Swedish History Sites

Swedish Military History by Hans Högman

The Swedish Central Soldier's Register

A site about the Vikings

Swedish Geography and Maps

On this site, Världens Byhålor, you can find information on most places around the world.

The Swedish National Gazetteer will also help to find the place in Sweden.

Swedish Administrative Units by Christer Hamré

The 92 mediaeval churches at Gotland

The Swedish language

A Swedish-English Dictionary for Genealogists from Släktdata

Swedish American Genealogical Societies

Swedish Ancestry Research Association (SARA), Worcester, MA

Swedish Genealogy Society of Minnesota

The Swedish American Historical Society

Swedish Roots in Oregon

The Colonial Swedes in New Sweden

The Kalmar Nyckel web site

The Swedish Finn Historical Society

Other Swedish Historical Resources in the US

The Swenson Swedish Immigrant Research Center at Augustana College, Rock Island, IL

The Swedish American Museum Center, Chicago

The American Swedish Museum, Philadelphia

The American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis

Nordic Heritage Museum in Seattle

The Swedish Connection in Kansas

The American Family Immigration History Center at Ellis Island

Steve Morse's short cut to the: Ellis Island database and more

Swedish American Heritage Society of West Michigan

Swedish Council of America

About New Sweden, Maine

Lots of information on Bishop Hill, IL

About the community of Kiron, Iowa

Canadian Societies and Projects

The Scandinavian Society of Nova Scotia

The Canadian Nordic Society

Bulletin Boards

Anbytarforum The Swedish board which welcomes queries in English

Sweden Genealogy Forum

Another Swedes Bulletin Board

Swedish American Newspapers

Vestkusten of California

Swedish Holiday Traditions

A Christmas site

Ancestors of Famous Swedes

Author Astrid Lindgrens's ancestors from Småland

Inventor John Ericsson's ancestors from Värmland.

Other useful sites

There are several very good research helps on the web site of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (The Mormons). Go to the tab marked "Search" and look for "Research Helps" and then look for "S" as in "Sweden" and scroll down the page. There are a number of downloadable pdf-files there.

Swedish American Genealogist, the only journal totally devoted to the Swedish American Emigration, starting in the 1600s and continuing to modern times

Interesting info on ports of call and shipping lines

The Great Ocean Liners

Jewish Research in Scandinavia

Web site of the Swedish Institute

The bookshop of the the Swedish Institute

General Swedish Info: Smörgåsbordet

Travel Genie sells Swedish maps

The Royal Family also have their own web site, which tells about the family and the royal palaces.

The Royal Armoury has an interesting web site

The Warship Vasa is something every visitor to Stockholm must see!



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Swedish Roots
is published by Sveriges Släktforskarförbund.
The Federation of Swedish Genealogical Societies