Sweden Genealogy

Europe Sweden Guide to Sweden ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

Country Information
The United States of America is made up of fifty states, one federal district (District of Columbia) and five territories.

Sweden Clickable Map
Genealogy records are kept on the state level in Sweden. Click on a state below to go to the state Wiki article listing more information.

States
Genealogy records are kept on the state level in Sweden. Click on a state below to go to the state Wiki article listing more information.

Territories and Federal District
There are five territories and one federal district under the jurisdiction of the United States.

Former Territories
There are six former territories of the United States.

More Sweden Research Strategies
Research strategies give guidance on how to research or what records to search for first. Below are additional research strategy Wiki articles for Sweden.

More Sweden Research Tools
Research tools can include resources that assist in locating correct records to search and determining the correct locality to search in. Below are links and Wiki articles to research tools in Sweden.

FamilySearch Resources
Below are FamilySearch resources that can assist you in resourcing your family.
 * Facebook Communities - Facebook groups discussing genealogy research
 * Learning Center - Online genealogy courses
 * Historical Records
 * Family History Center locator map

Europe Sweden



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 advanced 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!

Featured Content
Orphanages in Sweden New content has been created to better understand how the orphanages in Sweden came about, and how they changed through the years. The articles will also introduce you to the records they left behind. See more at: Orphanages in Sweden

Getting started with Sweden research [[Image:Riksdagen June 2011.jpg|thumb|left|300x250px|Riksdagen June 2011.jpg]]

 * NEW! Want to learn more about how to do research in Sweden? Take a look at the "How to" Guides!

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

Jurisdictions and Records
Civil Juris.           Judicial Juris.           Military Juris.      Church Juris.

Civil Rec.             Judicial Rec.       Army / Naval Rec. Church Rec.

County and Parish Pages
Click on the map to navigate to county, province, or parish pages.

Counties                                                      Provinces

Sweden FamilySearch Wikiprojects
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:

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