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'''[[Sweden|'''''Sweden''''']] > '''''History of Swedish Counties''''' | '''[[Sweden Genealogy|'''''Sweden''''']] > '''''History of Swedish Counties''''' | ||
Whether you are studying old family group records, looking for original sources to check or running a search in a database, knowing the county (the ''Län'') and the parish (the ''socken ''or''församling '') your ancestor lived in is vital to your Swedish family history research. It is also important to understand the difference between a County ([[Swedish Län|Län]]) and a Province ([[Swedish Landskap|Landskap]]) in Sweden. Although a Swedish ''landskap ''had political authority prior to 1634, they were not known as counties. This article offers a good introduction to the counties of Sweden with reference to changes through the years.<br> | Whether you are studying old family group records, looking for original sources to check or running a search in a database, knowing the county (the ''Län'') and the parish (the ''socken ''or''församling '') your ancestor lived in is vital to your Swedish family history research. It is also important to understand the difference between a County ([[Swedish Län|Län]]) and a Province ([[Swedish Landskap|Landskap]]) in Sweden. Although a Swedish ''landskap ''had political authority prior to 1634, they were not known as counties. This article offers a good introduction to the counties of Sweden with reference to changes through the years.<br> | ||