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Business & Occupations Cemeteries Census Church Records Civil Registration Compiled Genealogies Court Records Crime & Punishment Directories Emigration & Immigration Heraldry Household Examination Records Land & Property Medieval Records Military Records Newspapers Nobility Obituaries Online Genealogy Records Orphans & Orphanages Population Records Probate Records Religious Records Taxation Websites

Sweden Background

Biographies Church History Dates & Calendars Encyclopedias & Dictionaries For Further Reading Gazetteers Handwriting History Jurisdictions Languages Law & Legislation Maps Naming Customs Periodicals Social Life & Customs

Sweden Genealogical Word Lists

Latin Swedish

Cultural Groups

Cultural Groups Sami Peoples

Local Research Resources

Archives & Libraries Societies Local FamilySearch Center

In other languages: Svenska

Sweden

Websites

Archives

• Military Archive
• Nordiska Museet (Museum and Archive)
• Riksarkivet (National Archives)
• Nationella arkivdatabasen (NAD)
• Stockholm City Archive
• SVAR
• Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center
• Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (E.L.C.A.) Regional archives

Bookstores

• Used Bookstores in Sweden
• Bokbörsen Bookstore

Census

• SVAR - Census

Church Records

• Arkiv Digital (see also Using Arkiv Digital for Swedish Genealogical Research)
• DigiArkiv
• DDSS - Birth, Marriage, and Death Record Database for Southern Sweden
• www.ancestry.com ($)
• SVAR Digitised Church Records
• Sveriges församlingar genom tiderna (Swedish Parishes throughout time)
• Stockholm Indexed Church Records
• Former Parishes Database

City Research

• see Göteborg
• see Norrköping
• see Stockholm
• Indexes at the Örebro City Archive

Demographic Sources

• Umeå University: Demographic Database
• Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB)
• Tabellverket 1749 - 1859

Dictionaries

Historical

• 1788. Widegren, Gustaf. Svenskt och Engelskt Lexicon, Tryckt hos Johan A. Carlbohm, Stockholm 1788. Available at 1788 Swedish English Dictionary

• 1814. Wahrman, S.N., Swedish, German, French, English Dictionary, Örebro 1814. In Swedish Historical Dictionary Database, SHDD (free Searchable Database)

• 1829. Deleen, Carl. Swedish and English Pocket Dictionarey, N.M. Lindh, Örebro 1829. Available as a PDF for free through Google Books at Swedish and English Pocket Dictionary

• 1850-1855. Dalin, Anders Fredrik. Ordbok Öfver svenska språket. Vol I–II., Stockholm 1850–1855
  provided by http://www.wisberg.se/wisberg.se/default.htm

• 1872. Öman, V.E. Svensk-Engelsk Hand-Ordbok, Abr. Bohlins Boktryckeri, Örebro 1872. Available as a PDF for free through Google Books at Svensk-Engelsk Hand-Ordbok

• 1889. Björkman, Carl Gustaf. Svensk engelsk ordbok, P.A. Norstedt & Söner, Stockhholm 1889. Available as a PDF for free through Google Books at Svensk engelsk ordbok

• Administrative Historical Dictionary Förvaltningshistorisk ordbok (in Swedish)

Modern Dictionaries

• Norstedts English-Swedish - Swedish-English Dictionary

• Språkrådet English - Swedish, Swedish - English Dictionary

• Svenska Akademiens Ordlista

• Svenska Akademiens Ordbok

Directories

• Eniro
• Hitta
• Person Search for Current Address
• Ratsit

Emigration and Immigration Sweden

• Emiweb (Emigration Databases)
• Svenska Migrationcentret (The Swedish Migration Center in Karlstad)
• Utvandrarnas Hus (The Swedish Emigrant Institute in Växjö)
• Över Øresund-Över Öresund
• Ellis Island
• Emigration to and from Germany to Sweden 1866 - 1914
• Hamburg Passenger Lists 1850-1934 Resource Guide.url
• The Ships List

Forums for Swedish Research

• FamilySearch Learn Center (Sweden)
• GenForum for Sweden
• DISBYT Researching Swedish Roots
• Arkivdigital Blog

Gazetteers

• Sveriges församlingar genom tiderna (Swedish Parishes throughout time)
• Nationella arkivdatabasen (NAD)
• Ortnamnregistret (Place name Index)

Genealogy

• Sweden Genealogy Resources
• Sweden Genealogy Links
• Swedish Genealogy Guide

Graves Database

• Graves in Sweden Database (Gravar.se)
• Graves in Sweden (Finngraven.se)
• Graves in Stockholm
• Graves in Göteborg

Handwriting Guide

• Gothic Handwriting Tool
• Handwriting Guide: Gothic
• Sweden: Handwriting
• Scandinavian Records Extraction

Libraries

• Brandel Library Chicago
• Libris
• Libweb-Directory of Libraries in Sweden
• Lund University
• National Library of Sweden (Kungliga Bibliotek)
• Stockholm University

Maps

• Parish Locator (Släktdata)
• 1890 Parish Maps Sockenkartor
• Swedish Lantmäteriet (Swedish Surveying Office)
• National Atlas of Sweden
• Svenska Aero-Bilder AB (Arial photos / maps)
• OrtnamnsRegistret
• Omni Resources Sweden
• T-Kator (Maps)
• Vöbam-old pictures and maps

Military

• Centrala Soldatregistret (Linköping University)
• Centrala Soldatregistret (The Central Soldiers Register) (DIS)
• Garnisonsmuseet i Skövde
• How to Research Soldiers

Museums

• Stockholms Stadsmuseum

Names

• Nordic Names

News

• Dagensnyheter

Newspapers

• Historical Newspapers by the Kungliga Bibliotek (The National Library)

Online Libraries

• The Royal Library Digital Collections
• Sondera (a search engine to multiple national cataloges)
• LIBRIS (the National Library System)

Periodicals

• Personhistoriska samfundet
• Swedish American Genealogist

Societies

• DIS Genealogical Society of Sweden
• DISBYT
• Föreningen för Skärgårdsmuseet
• Nättidningen RÖTTER - för dig som släktforskar!
• Nättidningen RÖTTER, English
• SläktData
• Swedish American Genealogist

Swedish American Archives

• The Swenson Center

Tax Records

• SVAR Digitised Tax Records

U.S. Swedish Societies

• Sweden GenWeb
• Swedes in Texas
• Swedish Ancestry Research Association
• Swedish Genealogical Society of Minnesota

Vallon Research

• Bruks-wiki
• Sällskapet Vallonättlingar

Wiki's

• Bruks-wiki