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==Resources==
*'''1850-1920''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-11014/sweden-births?s=275764761 Sweden, Births] at MyHeritage - index & images ($)
*'''1850-1945''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-11015/sweden-deaths?s=275764761&trp=&trn=organic_google&trl= Sweden, Deaths] at MyHeritage - index & images ($)
===Offices to Contact===


Civil registration refers to vital records made by the government.
==Background==


Beginning in 1860, the government required church ministers annually to copy the birth, marriage, and death information in their parish registers onto special forms and send them to the Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB or Central Bureau of Statistics).  
Beginning in 1860, the government required church ministers annually to copy the birth, marriage, and death information in their parish registers onto special forms and send them to the Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB or Central Bureau of Statistics).  
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Civil authorities in Sweden did not begin registering their own, original vital statistics until 1950. And in 1991 the responsibility for keeping vital records was transferred to local tax offices (lokala skattemyndigheten).  
Civil authorities in Sweden did not begin registering their own, original vital statistics until 1950. And in 1991 the responsibility for keeping vital records was transferred to local tax offices (lokala skattemyndigheten).  


==Coverage and Compliance==
==Information Recorded in the Records==
===Birth Records===
===Marriage Records===
===Death Records===
*Name of the deceased
*Place of residence
*Age
*Cause of death
*Occasionally names of the parents, especially the name of the father with a deceased child
==References==




[[Category:Sweden Civil_Registration]]
[[Category:Sweden Civil_Registration]]
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