Sweden Genealogical Records
Sweden Birth & Baptism Records
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.
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.
An index to over 9 million birth and baptism records, listing parents' names.
A small index to several-hundred-thousand records from select countries.
Sweden Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to over 1.1 million marriage records, including date and place of marriage and the names of the bride and groom.
An index to more than 30,000 marriage records, including personal details, names of relations and particulars of marriage.
Sweden Death & Burial Records
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.
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.
A searchable database of over 1 million Jewish burials with photographs of the matzevot.
Sweden Census & Population Lists
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
An index to over 2.1 million people mentioned in Associated Press stories, including name, subject, location, date and a reference to the article.
An index to around 500,000 Associated Press articles.
An index to and digital images of hundreds-of-thousands of world newspaper articles.
Sweden Immigration & Travel Records
An index to and images of lists recording the names of around 1.3 million people who left Sweden.
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
Details of around 120,000 European Jews saved from concentration camps and ghettos.
Sweden Directories & Gazetteers
A statistic and descriptive gazetteer of nations.
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
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Sweden Histories & Books
Over 7 million remembrances and historic details submitted by Ancestry members. Useful for local historians.
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.
Details of around 120,000 European Jews saved from concentration camps and ghettos.
Sweden Occupation & Business Records
A database of cricket scores and players.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Sweden
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.
The lineages of Scandinavian royalty and nobility, with biographical details and extracts from historic documents.
A compilation of lineage-linked family trees submitted by Ancestry users. The database contains over 2 billion individuals and is searchable by numerous metrics.
A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.
A collection of legacy trees submitted by Ancestry users containing nearly 400 million individuals.
Sweden Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
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.
The lineages of Scandinavian royalty and nobility, with biographical details and extracts from historic documents.
A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.
Sweden Church Records
Censuses recording the name, occupation, date and parish of birth, marriage particulars of around 4.5 million people organized by household and parish.
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
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
A reference dictionary of Nordic names and details on their history.
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.
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.
Most Common Surnames in Sweden
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johansson | 251,939 | 1:39 | |
| 2 | Andersson | 251,276 | 1:39 | |
| 3 | Karlsson | 188,682 | 1:52 | |
| 4 | Nilsson | 170,724 | 1:58 | |
| 5 | Eriksson | 135,547 | 1:73 | |
| 6 | Larsson | 124,611 | 1:79 | |
| 7 | Olsson | 107,618 | 1:91 | |
| 8 | Persson | 107,059 | 1:92 | |
| 9 | Svensson | 102,755 | 1:96 | |
| 10 | Gustafsson | 71,579 | 1:138 | |
| 11 | Pettersson | 65,001 | 1:151 | |
| 12 | Jonsson | 57,018 | 1:173 | |
| 13 | Jansson | 49,386 | 1:199 | |
| 14 | Hansson | 44,033 | 1:224 | |
| 15 | Bengtsson | 34,707 | 1:284 | |
| 16 | Carlsson | 33,397 | 1:295 | |
| 17 | Jönsson | 30,452 | 1:323 | |
| 18 | Petersson | 29,841 | 1:330 | |
| 19 | Lindberg | 27,800 | 1:354 | |
| 20 | Magnusson | 27,230 | 1:362 | |
| 21 | Gustavsson | 26,478 | 1:372 | |
| 22 | Olofsson | 25,042 | 1:393 | |
| 23 | Lindgren | 23,511 | 1:419 | |
| 24 | Lindström | 23,235 | 1:424 | |
| 25 | Axelsson | 22,902 | 1:430 | |
| 26 | Lundberg | 21,553 | 1:457 | |
| 27 | Lundgren | 21,310 | 1:462 | |
| 28 | Berg | 20,612 | 1:478 | |
| 29 | Jakobsson | 19,942 | 1:494 | |
| 30 | Bergström | 19,754 | 1:498 | |
| 31 | Berglund | 19,750 | 1:499 | |
| 32 | Fredriksson | 18,249 | 1:540 | |
| 33 | Sandberg | 18,223 | 1:540 | |
| 34 | Mattsson | 18,209 | 1:541 | |
| 35 | Henriksson | 17,113 | 1:575 | |
| 36 | Forsberg | 16,694 | 1:590 | |
| 37 | Lindqvist | 16,197 | 1:608 | |
| 38 | Danielsson | 15,543 | 1:634 | |
| 39 | Eklund | 15,372 | 1:641 | |
| 40 | Lundin | 15,347 | 1:642 | |
| 41 | Lind | 15,296 | 1:644 | |
| 42 | Sjöberg | 15,101 | 1:652 | |
| 43 | Gunnarsson | 14,975 | 1:658 | |
| 44 | Holm | 14,672 | 1:671 | |
| 45 | Engström | 14,518 | 1:678 | |
| 46 | Håkansson | 14,491 | 1:680 | |
| 47 | Bergman | 14,488 | 1:680 | |
| 48 | Samuelsson | 14,408 | 1:683 | |
| 49 | Fransson | 14,357 | 1:686 | |
| 50 | Johnsson | 13,931 | 1:707 | |
| 51 | Holmberg | 13,658 | 1:721 | |
| 52 | Lundqvist | 13,557 | 1:726 | |
| 53 | Arvidsson | 13,288 | 1:741 | |
| 54 | Wallin | 13,036 | 1:755 | |
| 55 | Nyberg | 12,902 | 1:763 | |
| 56 | Isaksson | 12,726 | 1:774 | |
| 57 | Nyström | 12,506 | 1:787 | |
| 58 | Söderberg | 11,888 | 1:828 | |
| 59 | Björk | 11,785 | 1:836 | |
| 60 | Eliasson | 11,702 | 1:841 | |
| 61 | Mårtensson | 11,574 | 1:851 | |
| 62 | Berggren | 11,414 | 1:863 | |
| 63 | Nordström | 11,348 | 1:868 | |
| 64 | Lundström | 11,339 | 1:868 | |
| 65 | Nordin | 10,971 | 1:898 | |
| 66 | Hermansson | 10,819 | 1:910 | |
| 67 | Holmgren | 10,573 | 1:931 | |
| 68 | Björklund | 10,510 | 1:937 | |
| 69 | Sundberg | 10,312 | 1:955 | |
| 70 | Hedlund | 10,255 | 1:960 | |
| 71 | Sandström | 10,138 | 1:971 | |
| 72 | Ström | 9,991 | 1:986 | |
| 73 | Martinsson | 9,640 | 1:1,021 | |
| 74 | Åberg | 9,576 | 1:1,028 | |
| 75 | Ekström | 9,547 | 1:1,031 | |
| 76 | Dahlberg | 9,532 | 1:1,033 | |
| 77 | Abrahamsson | 9,173 | 1:1,073 | |
| 78 | Sjögren | 9,096 | 1:1,083 | |
| 79 | Blom | 9,020 | 1:1,092 | |
| 80 | Lindholm | 8,977 | 1:1,097 | |
| 81 | Blomqvist | 8,960 | 1:1,099 | |
| 82 | Norberg | 8,937 | 1:1,102 | |
| 83 | Ek | 8,791 | 1:1,120 | |
| 84 | Jonasson | 8,766 | 1:1,123 | |
| 85 | Månsson | 8,733 | 1:1,128 | |
| 86 | Ivarsson | 8,717 | 1:1,130 | |
| 87 | Andreasson | 8,671 | 1:1,136 | |
| 88 | Hellström | 8,568 | 1:1,149 | |
| 89 | Öberg | 8,557 | 1:1,151 | |
| 90 | Falk | 8,517 | 1:1,156 | |
| 91 | Nyman | 8,510 | 1:1,157 | |
| 92 | Strömberg | 8,507 | 1:1,157 | |
| 93 | Åkesson | 8,416 | 1:1,170 | |
| 94 | Ali | 8,404 | 1:1,172 | |
| 95 | Dahl | 8,337 | 1:1,181 | |
| 96 | Sundström | 8,261 | 1:1,192 | |
| 97 | Bergqvist | 8,218 | 1:1,198 | |
| 98 | Lund | 8,159 | 1:1,207 | |
| 99 | Åström | 8,022 | 1:1,227 | |
| 100 | Hallberg | 8,008 | 1:1,230 | |
| 101 | Josefsson | 8,001 | 1:1,231 | |
| 102 | Palm | 7,961 | 1:1,237 | |
| 103 | Löfgren | 7,953 | 1:1,238 | |
| 104 | Göransson | 7,929 | 1:1,242 | |
| 105 | Söderström | 7,890 | 1:1,248 | |
| 106 | Englund | 7,848 | 1:1,255 | |
| 107 | Borg | 7,830 | 1:1,258 | |
| 108 | Davidsson | 7,818 | 1:1,259 | |
| 109 | Ottosson | 7,804 | 1:1,262 | |
| 110 | Jensen | 7,650 | 1:1,287 | |
| 111 | Ekman | 7,628 | 1:1,291 | |
| 111 | Lindblom | 7,628 | 1:1,291 | |
| 113 | Adolfsson | 7,496 | 1:1,314 | |
| 114 | Lindahl | 7,482 | 1:1,316 | |
| 115 | Hansen | 7,432 | 1:1,325 | |
| 116 | Nygren | 7,392 | 1:1,332 | |
| 117 | Stenberg | 7,347 | 1:1,340 | |
| 118 | Skoglund | 7,278 | 1:1,353 | |
| 119 | Hedberg | 7,231 | 1:1,362 | |
| 120 | Strand | 7,218 | 1:1,364 | |
| 121 | Friberg | 7,164 | 1:1,374 | |
| 122 | Möller | 7,160 | 1:1,375 | |
| 123 | Boström | 7,022 | 1:1,402 | |
| 124 | Börjesson | 6,999 | 1:1,407 | |
| 125 | Söderlund | 6,984 | 1:1,410 | |
| 126 | Strandberg | 6,955 | 1:1,416 | |
| 127 | Sjöström | 6,927 | 1:1,422 | |
| 128 | Erlandsson | 6,905 | 1:1,426 | |
| 129 | Ericsson | 6,858 | 1:1,436 | |
| 130 | Holmström | 6,817 | 1:1,444 | |
| 131 | Bäckström | 6,723 | 1:1,465 | |
| 132 | Höglund | 6,681 | 1:1,474 | |
| 133 | Rosén | 6,677 | 1:1,475 | |
| 134 | Claesson | 6,628 | 1:1,486 | |
| 135 | Johannesson | 6,627 | 1:1,486 | |
| 136 | Edlund | 6,551 | 1:1,503 | |
| 137 | Malm | 6,444 | 1:1,528 | |
| 138 | Aronsson | 6,442 | 1:1,529 | |
| 139 | Haglund | 6,435 | 1:1,530 | |
| 140 | Björkman | 6,338 | 1:1,554 | |
| 141 | Nielsen | 6,309 | 1:1,561 | |
| 142 | Dahlgren | 6,281 | 1:1,568 | |
| 143 | Knutsson | 6,221 | 1:1,583 | |
| 144 | Moberg | 6,197 | 1:1,589 | |
| 145 | Melin | 6,094 | 1:1,616 | |
| 146 | Viklund | 6,067 | 1:1,623 | |
| 147 | Roos | 6,038 | 1:1,631 | |
| 148 | Sundqvist | 6,027 | 1:1,634 | |
| 149 | Wikström | 6,005 | 1:1,640 | |
| 150 | Lilja | 5,993 | 1:1,643 | |
| 151 | Holmqvist | 5,895 | 1:1,670 | |
| 152 | Blomberg | 5,882 | 1:1,674 | |
| 153 | Ohlsson | 5,873 | 1:1,677 | |
| 154 | Ahmed | 5,869 | 1:1,678 | |
| 155 | Lindén | 5,863 | 1:1,679 | |
| 156 | Vikström | 5,788 | 1:1,701 | |
| 157 | Östlund | 5,745 | 1:1,714 | |
| 158 | Alm | 5,635 | 1:1,747 | |
| 159 | Norén | 5,620 | 1:1,752 | |
| 160 | Olausson | 5,599 | 1:1,759 | |
| 161 | Sundin | 5,568 | 1:1,768 | |
| 162 | Franzén | 5,566 | 1:1,769 | |
| 163 | Hedman | 5,544 | 1:1,776 | |
| 164 | Lindell | 5,535 | 1:1,779 | |
| 165 | Lundmark | 5,534 | 1:1,779 | |
| 166 | Oskarsson | 5,521 | 1:1,784 | |
| 167 | Pålsson | 5,515 | 1:1,785 | |
| 168 | Dahlström | 5,514 | 1:1,786 | |
| 169 | Jacobsson | 5,494 | 1:1,792 | |
| 170 | Högberg | 5,473 | 1:1,799 | |
| 171 | Wiklund | 5,346 | 1:1,842 | |
| 172 | Öhman | 5,272 | 1:1,868 | |
| 173 | Paulsson | 5,219 | 1:1,887 | |
| 174 | Nord | 5,185 | 1:1,899 | |
| 175 | Lindblad | 5,184 | 1:1,899 | |
| 175 | Ljungberg | 5,184 | 1:1,899 | |
| 177 | Boman | 5,159 | 1:1,909 | |
| 178 | Molin | 5,139 | 1:1,916 | |
| 179 | Sjödin | 5,060 | 1:1,946 | |
| 180 | Linder | 5,052 | 1:1,949 | |
| 181 | Ljung | 5,031 | 1:1,957 | |
| 182 | Hedström | 5,006 | 1:1,967 | |
| 183 | Malmberg | 4,978 | 1:1,978 | |
| 184 | Ekberg | 4,860 | 1:2,026 | |
| 185 | Sköld | 4,858 | 1:2,027 | |
| 186 | Hellberg | 4,849 | 1:2,031 | |
| 187 | Norman | 4,828 | 1:2,040 | |
| 188 | Hagström | 4,805 | 1:2,049 | |
| 189 | Pedersen | 4,744 | 1:2,076 | |
| 190 | Ståhl | 4,683 | 1:2,103 | |
| 191 | Lindh | 4,667 | 1:2,110 | |
| 192 | Svärd | 4,662 | 1:2,112 | |
| 193 | Berntsson | 4,623 | 1:2,130 | |
| 194 | Hjalmarsson | 4,622 | 1:2,130 | |
| 195 | Näslund | 4,610 | 1:2,136 | |
| 196 | Ågren | 4,593 | 1:2,144 | |
| 197 | Augustsson | 4,578 | 1:2,151 | |
| 197 | Forslund | 4,578 | 1:2,151 | |
| 199 | Lindkvist | 4,577 | 1:2,151 | |
| 200 | Asplund | 4,573 | 1:2,153 | |