Svendborg County, Denmark Genealogy

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Svendborg County

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

How to Find Birth, Marriage, and Death Information

Instructions for finding records are found on the individual parish pages, linked to the clickable map and parish list below. .

History

Svendborg County (Danish: Svendborg Amt) is a former province in Denmark, located on the southern half of the island of Funen in central Denmark. Svendborg County was established in 1793 and abolished in 1970 when it merged with Odense County forming the new Funen County.

The south Funen area was organized as Nyborg County in 1662, a province also including the Hindsholm peninsula. Hindsholm was incorporated into the new Odense County while the bulk of the former province was merged with Tranekær County and renamed to Svendborg County. This situation lasted until 1970 when Odense and Svendborg merged to form Funen County.

Svendborg County featured the market towns (købstæder) of Faaborg, Nyborg, Rudkøbing, Svendborg, and Ærøskøbing. The latter town became part of the province in 1864. In spiritual matters, the county belonged to the Diocese of Funen.

Archives, Societies, and Libraries

(enter archive, society, library contact information)

Census Records

• 1860 - Denmark Census, 1860 at FamilySearch — index and images
• 1870 - Denmark Census, 1870 at FamilySearch — index and images
• 1880 - Denmark Census, 1880 at FamilySearch — index and images
• 1890 - Denmark Census, 1890 at FamilySearch — index and images
• 1901 - Denmark Census, 1901 at FamilySearch — index and images
• 1906 - Denmark Census, 1906 at FamilySearch — index and images
• 1916 - Denmark Census, 1916 at FamilySearch — index and images
• 1925 - Denmark Census, 1925 at FamilySearch — index and images

Districts

Gudme Herred Langelands Nørre Herred Langelands Sønder Herred Sallinge Herred

Sunds Herred Vindinge Herred Ærø Herred

Parishes

Map of parishes

Allested Avernakø Avnslev Bjerreby Bovense Brahetrolleborg Bregninge (Sunds herred) Bregninge (Ærø herred) Brudager Bøstrup Diernæs Drejø Egense Ellested Ellinge Espe Flødstrup Fodslette Frørup Fuglsbølle Fåborg City Gestelev Gislev Gudbjerg Gudme Heden

Hellerup Herrested Herringe Hesselager Hillerslev Horne Hov Humble Hundstrup Håstrup Jordløse Kirkeby Krarup Kullerup Kværndrup Landet Langå Lindelse Longelse Lunde Lyø Magleby Marstal City Nyborg City Nyborg landsogn Nørre Broby

Ollerup Oure Refs Vindinge Ringe Rise Rudkøbing City Ryslinge Sandholts Lyndelse Simmerbølle Skellerup Skrøbelev Skt. Jørgens Skårup Snøde Stengade Stenstrup Stoense Strynø Svanninge Svendborg Sct. Jørgen Svendborg Sct. Nikolai Svendborg Vor Frue Svindinge Søby Søllinge Sønder Broby

Sønder Højrup Sørup Thurø Tranderup Tranekær Tryggelev Tullebølle Tved Ulbølle Ullerslev Vantinge Vejle Vejstrup Vester Hæsinge Vester Skerninge Vester Åby Vindinge Ærøskøbing City Øksendrup Ørbæk Øster Hæsinge Øster Skerninge Årslev Åstrup

Probate Records

• 1674 - 1851 - Denmark, Probate Indexes, 1674-1851 at FamilySearch — index and images

Estates

Ahlefeldt Arreskov Arreskov og Gelskov Biskopstorp Bispestols Bjørnemose Boltinggård Brahesminde Brahetrolleborg Brobygård Broholm Broløkke Damsbo Egeløkke Egeskov Fårevejle gods Fjellebro Flintholm Glorup

Grevskabet Langelands gods Hellerup Hesselagergård Hindemae Hjortholm Holckenhavn Holstenshus Hvedholm Hvidkilde Juelsberg Juulskov Klingstrup Krumstrup Lammehave Langeland Grevskabs godser Langelands gods Lundegård Lundsgård Lykkesholm

Løjtved Moltkenborg Muckadell Mullerup Mægård Møllegård Nakkebølle Nedergård Nielstrup Nordskov Nyborg Amtstues gods Nyborg Kirkeinspektions gods Nybøllegård Rantzausholm Ravnholt Ryegård Rygård Rynkebygård Rødkilde

Rørbæk Sandholt Skjoldemose Skovsbo Skovsgård Stensgård Stensgård gods på Langeland Søbo Søbysøgård Søvertorp Tåsinge Thorseng Tiselholt Tøjstrup Vejstrupgård Ørbæklunde Østrupgård Ålykkegård Åstrupgård