Sweden Genealogical Records

Sweden Birth & Baptism Records

Sweden Birth Records (1860-1941)

An index to and images of over 12 million entries extracted from Swedish church records. Entries may list a child's name, gender, residence, nationality, occupations, parents' names, marital details of parents and other details.

Births from the Swedish Death Index (1800-2006)

This database contains birth information for over 7.5 million individuals who died in Sweden between 1901 and 2006. The records include births from about 1800 to 2006.

Sweden Baptism Records (1611-1920)

An index to over 9 million birth and baptism records, listing parents' names.

Miscellaneous Births & Baptisms Index (1534-1983)

A small index to several-hundred-thousand records from select countries.

Sweden Marriage & Divorce Records

Sweden Marriage Index (1630-1920)

An index to over 1.1 million marriage records, including date and place of marriage and the names of the bride and groom.

Miscellaneous Marriage Index (1662-1945)

An index to more than 30,000 marriage records, including personal details, names of relations and particulars of marriage.

Sweden Death & Burial Records

Sweden Death Records (1840-1942)

An index to and images of around 5.8 million death records extracted from church records. Entries may include name, date of birth, date and place of death, gender, parents' name and spouse's name.

Sweden Burial Index (1649-1920)

An index to around 1.2 million burial records from various sources. The index may contain name, age, gender, parents' names, place of burial and date of burial.

Jewish Online Worldwide Burial Registry (1550-Present)

A searchable database of over 1 million Jewish burials with photographs of the matzevot.

Sweden Census & Population Lists

Sweden Household Clerical Surveys (1880-1893)

Censuses recording the name, occupation, date and parish of birth, marriage particulars of around 4.5 million people organized by household and parish.

Newspapers Covering Sweden

Name Card Index to AP Stories (1905-1990)

An index to over 2.1 million people mentioned in Associated Press stories, including name, subject, location, date and a reference to the article.

Subject Card Index to AP Stories (1937-1985)

An index to around 500,000 Associated Press articles.

AP Stories & Newsfeatures (1937-1985)

An index to and digital images of hundreds-of-thousands of world newspaper articles.

Sweden Immigration & Travel Records

Gothenburg, Sweden Passenger Lists (1869-1915)

An index to and images of lists recording the names of around 1.3 million people who left Sweden.

Mormon Migration Database (1840-1932)

Index of pioneer immigrants with image links to journals, autobiographies, letters, and other narratives. The immigrants were from the British, Scandinavian, Swedish, and Netherlands Missions.

Sweden Military Records

Register of Jewish Holocaust Survivors (1945)

Details of around 120,000 European Jews saved from concentration camps and ghettos.

Sweden Directories & Gazetteers

CIA World Factbook (1994)

A statistic and descriptive gazetteer of nations.

World Foreign Gazetteer (1998)

Useful for locating places, this searchable gazetteer gives brief details, latitude and longitude for more than 1.5 million features, places and regions throughout the world.

Sweden Cemeteries

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.

Sweden Histories & Books

Ancestry Member Stories (6000 BC-Present)

Over 7 million remembrances and historic details submitted by Ancestry members. Useful for local historians.

Ancestry Member Photos & Documents (6000 BC-Present)

Over 60 million historic photographs and documents submitted to Ancestry. This rich collection contains many rare sources of interest to local historians and will be relevant to most genealogical research.

Register of Jewish Holocaust Survivors (1945)

Details of around 120,000 European Jews saved from concentration camps and ghettos.

Sweden Occupation & Business Records

Cricket Archive (1844-Present)

A database of cricket scores and players.

Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Sweden

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.

Lineages of Medieval Scandinavian Nobility (750-1600)

The lineages of Scandinavian royalty and nobility, with biographical details and extracts from historic documents.

Ancestry Member Family Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A compilation of lineage-linked family trees submitted by Ancestry users. The database contains over 2 billion individuals and is searchable by numerous metrics.

Genealogics (1400 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.

Ancestry World Tree (6000 BC-1997)

A collection of legacy trees submitted by Ancestry users containing nearly 400 million individuals.

Sweden Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.

Lineages of Medieval Scandinavian Nobility (750-1600)

The lineages of Scandinavian royalty and nobility, with biographical details and extracts from historic documents.

Genealogics (1400 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.

Sweden Church Records

Sweden Household Clerical Surveys (1880-1893)

Censuses recording the name, occupation, date and parish of birth, marriage particulars of around 4.5 million people organized by household and parish.

Mormon Migration Database (1840-1932)

Index of pioneer immigrants with image links to journals, autobiographies, letters, and other narratives. The immigrants were from the British, Scandinavian, Swedish, and Netherlands Missions.

Sweden Maps

Old Maps Online (1497-2010)

An interactive index to thousands of maps covering the world, continents, countries and regions. The majority of maps cover Britain and Ireland.

Sweden Reference Works

Nordic Names (1000 BC-Present)

A reference dictionary of Nordic names and details on their history.

Jewish Name Database (1400-Present)

A database containing variants of 100,000s of given names used by Jews.

Historical Description

Sweden is situate on the South of Gothland. The Countrey is very fruitfull and delicious, unless in some places, where the cragginess of the Mountains maketh it more barren, and less pleasant. The chief Cities of it are, 1. Upsal, a famous Bishoprick. 2. Nicopia, a Sea-Town of good strength. 3. Copperdell, famous for its abundance of Brass. There is also Finmach, bordering on the Northern Ocean, whose Inhabitants be Witches, and Idolaters; they use to sell windes to Merchants, to carry their Ship to any Port. Bodia is also under his Dominion; whose chief Town is Helsinga, honoured with the title of a Dukedom.

A Geographical Description of the World (1671) by George Meriton

Sweden,with a population of (1920) 5,903,762, is chiefly remarkable for its mineral wealth, iron being abundant. Nearly one half the people are engaged in agricultural pursuits, cereals and potatoes being the chief products. There are enormous forests covering about one-half the surface of the country. The exports include timber, iron, steel, copper, paper, matches, fish, oil, skins; also bacon and dairy produce. The Imports from the United Kingdom consist chiefly of colonial produce, coal, wood, cotton and machinery, and in 1920 amounted was £44,332,916, and the Exports to this country is £56,467,716. Stockholm, capital of Sweden, has (1926) 419,788 inhabitants.

The Newspaper Press Directory and Advertisers' Guide (1922)

Most Common Surnames in Sweden

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequency
1Johansson251,9391:39
2Andersson251,2761:39
3Karlsson188,6821:52
4Nilsson170,7241:58
5Eriksson135,5471:73
6Larsson124,6111:79
7Olsson107,6181:91
8Persson107,0591:92
9Svensson102,7551:96
10Gustafsson71,5791:138
11Pettersson65,0011:151
12Jonsson57,0181:173
13Jansson49,3861:199
14Hansson44,0331:224
15Bengtsson34,7071:284
16Carlsson33,3971:295
17Jönsson30,4521:323
18Petersson29,8411:330
19Lindberg27,8001:354
20Magnusson27,2301:362
21Gustavsson26,4781:372
22Olofsson25,0421:393
23Lindgren23,5111:419
24Lindström23,2351:424
25Axelsson22,9021:430
26Lundberg21,5531:457
27Lundgren21,3101:462
28Berg20,6121:478
29Jakobsson19,9421:494
30Bergström19,7541:498
31Berglund19,7501:499
32Fredriksson18,2491:540
33Sandberg18,2231:540
34Mattsson18,2091:541
35Henriksson17,1131:575
36Forsberg16,6941:590
37Lindqvist16,1971:608
38Danielsson15,5431:634
39Eklund15,3721:641
40Lundin15,3471:642
41Lind15,2961:644
42Sjöberg15,1011:652
43Gunnarsson14,9751:658
44Holm14,6721:671
45Engström14,5181:678
46Håkansson14,4911:680
47Bergman14,4881:680
48Samuelsson14,4081:683
49Fransson14,3571:686
50Johnsson13,9311:707
51Holmberg13,6581:721
52Lundqvist13,5571:726
53Arvidsson13,2881:741
54Wallin13,0361:755
55Nyberg12,9021:763
56Isaksson12,7261:774
57Nyström12,5061:787
58Söderberg11,8881:828
59Björk11,7851:836
60Eliasson11,7021:841
61Mårtensson11,5741:851
62Berggren11,4141:863
63Nordström11,3481:868
64Lundström11,3391:868
65Nordin10,9711:898
66Hermansson10,8191:910
67Holmgren10,5731:931
68Björklund10,5101:937
69Sundberg10,3121:955
70Hedlund10,2551:960
71Sandström10,1381:971
72Ström9,9911:986
73Martinsson9,6401:1,021
74Åberg9,5761:1,028
75Ekström9,5471:1,031
76Dahlberg9,5321:1,033
77Abrahamsson9,1731:1,073
78Sjögren9,0961:1,083
79Blom9,0201:1,092
80Lindholm8,9771:1,097
81Blomqvist8,9601:1,099
82Norberg8,9371:1,102
83Ek8,7911:1,120
84Jonasson8,7661:1,123
85Månsson8,7331:1,128
86Ivarsson8,7171:1,130
87Andreasson8,6711:1,136
88Hellström8,5681:1,149
89Öberg8,5571:1,151
90Falk8,5171:1,156
91Nyman8,5101:1,157
92Strömberg8,5071:1,157
93Åkesson8,4161:1,170
94Ali8,4041:1,172
95Dahl8,3371:1,181
96Sundström8,2611:1,192
97Bergqvist8,2181:1,198
98Lund8,1591:1,207
99Åström8,0221:1,227
100Hallberg8,0081:1,230
101Josefsson8,0011:1,231
102Palm7,9611:1,237
103Löfgren7,9531:1,238
104Göransson7,9291:1,242
105Söderström7,8901:1,248
106Englund7,8481:1,255
107Borg7,8301:1,258
108Davidsson7,8181:1,259
109Ottosson7,8041:1,262
110Jensen7,6501:1,287
111Ekman7,6281:1,291
111Lindblom7,6281:1,291
113Adolfsson7,4961:1,314
114Lindahl7,4821:1,316
115Hansen7,4321:1,325
116Nygren7,3921:1,332
117Stenberg7,3471:1,340
118Skoglund7,2781:1,353
119Hedberg7,2311:1,362
120Strand7,2181:1,364
121Friberg7,1641:1,374
122Möller7,1601:1,375
123Boström7,0221:1,402
124Börjesson6,9991:1,407
125Söderlund6,9841:1,410
126Strandberg6,9551:1,416
127Sjöström6,9271:1,422
128Erlandsson6,9051:1,426
129Ericsson6,8581:1,436
130Holmström6,8171:1,444
131Bäckström6,7231:1,465
132Höglund6,6811:1,474
133Rosén6,6771:1,475
134Claesson6,6281:1,486
135Johannesson6,6271:1,486
136Edlund6,5511:1,503
137Malm6,4441:1,528
138Aronsson6,4421:1,529
139Haglund6,4351:1,530
140Björkman6,3381:1,554
141Nielsen6,3091:1,561
142Dahlgren6,2811:1,568
143Knutsson6,2211:1,583
144Moberg6,1971:1,589
145Melin6,0941:1,616
146Viklund6,0671:1,623
147Roos6,0381:1,631
148Sundqvist6,0271:1,634
149Wikström6,0051:1,640
150Lilja5,9931:1,643
151Holmqvist5,8951:1,670
152Blomberg5,8821:1,674
153Ohlsson5,8731:1,677
154Ahmed5,8691:1,678
155Lindén5,8631:1,679
156Vikström5,7881:1,701
157Östlund5,7451:1,714
158Alm5,6351:1,747
159Norén5,6201:1,752
160Olausson5,5991:1,759
161Sundin5,5681:1,768
162Franzén5,5661:1,769
163Hedman5,5441:1,776
164Lindell5,5351:1,779
165Lundmark5,5341:1,779
166Oskarsson5,5211:1,784
167Pålsson5,5151:1,785
168Dahlström5,5141:1,786
169Jacobsson5,4941:1,792
170Högberg5,4731:1,799
171Wiklund5,3461:1,842
172Öhman5,2721:1,868
173Paulsson5,2191:1,887
174Nord5,1851:1,899
175Lindblad5,1841:1,899
175Ljungberg5,1841:1,899
177Boman5,1591:1,909
178Molin5,1391:1,916
179Sjödin5,0601:1,946
180Linder5,0521:1,949
181Ljung5,0311:1,957
182Hedström5,0061:1,967
183Malmberg4,9781:1,978
184Ekberg4,8601:2,026
185Sköld4,8581:2,027
186Hellberg4,8491:2,031
187Norman4,8281:2,040
188Hagström4,8051:2,049
189Pedersen4,7441:2,076
190Ståhl4,6831:2,103
191Lindh4,6671:2,110
192Svärd4,6621:2,112
193Berntsson4,6231:2,130
194Hjalmarsson4,6221:2,130
195Näslund4,6101:2,136
196Ågren4,5931:2,144
197Augustsson4,5781:2,151
197Forslund4,5781:2,151
199Lindkvist4,5771:2,151
200Asplund4,5731:2,153