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Welcome to the Sweden page of the FamilySearch Wiki. FamilySearch Wiki is a community website dedicated to helping people throughout the world learn how to find their ancestors. Through the Sweden page you can learn how to find, use, and analyze Swedish records of genealogical value. The content is variously targeted to beginners, intermediate, and expert researchers. Please visit the help page to learn more about using the site. The Sweden Page is a work in progress, your contributions and feedback are essential!

Getting started with Sweden research[edit | edit source]

See the tutorials at FamilySearch Learning Center on Scandinavian Research and on Reading Scandinavian Gothic Handwritten Records.

Featured Content[edit | edit source]

As you do your Swedish family history research, sometimes you will see a letter associated to a county. In Sweden these letters are called Länsbokstav which is literally translated as “county letter”. The system of assigning a unique letter (or letters) to every county began with automobile registration in 1916 and continued up until 1973. Read more at: Swedish County Letters
See previous featured articles at: Sweden: Previous Featured Articles

Jurisdictions[edit | edit source]

Click on the map to navigate into the county, province, or parish pages.

Template:Counties and Provinces of Sweden

Counties Provinces

To learn more about other jurisdictions in Sweden see Sweden: Jurisdictions

Research Tools[edit | edit source]

Sweden FamilySearch Wikiprojects[edit | edit source]

Are you interested to improve the content for Sweden in the FamilySearch Wiki? You can help by doing work individually or by participating on a WikiProject with the Swedish User Group. Check the WikiProject Sweden page to see if there is a project you are interested in.

Here's a quick reference to general Wiki activities:

Related Country Pages[edit | edit source]

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Community

Swedish Wiki User Group Meetings
Svenskt Släktforsknings - Kalendar
U.S. Events
Join a Community of Sweden Researchers! Facebook and or Skype
FamilySearch Indexing of Swedish Church Records

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Beyond Parish Registers:A Case Study
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