Links
Other helpful genealogy websites and organizations relating to Swedish, Swedish-American, and Swedish-Canadian genealogy.
Please contact us to report broken links. Because this resource is strictly related to Swedish genealogy, we cannot accept new links to more general resources.
How-To and Subscription Sites
- Finding Your Roots from genealogi.se, a Swedish genealogy how-to (worth getting to know)
- Tracing Your Swedish Ancestry booklet by James E. Erickson and Nils William Olsson, 2000
- Hans Högman's Genealogy and History Site
- SVAR & Swedish National Archives scanned parish records & other images; click on "other languages" for software in English. *Free of charge
- ArkivDigital scanned images in color; *Subscribe online or purchase CD-ROMs of your parish
- Ancestry.com Swedish parish records *Subscription required
- FamilySearch.org Sweden forum
- FamilySearch online lessons
- Swedish Genealogy Guide online lessons
- ArkivDigital introduction to Swedish Genealogy
- Swedish Society for Genetic Genealogy - Finding your Swedish roots using DNA
Searchable Sites
- Demographic Database Southern Sweden some searchable vital records in Kristianstads, Malmöhus, Blekinge, and Hallands län; click on British flag for software in English.
- EmiWeb archives covering migration to and from Scandinavia, *Subscription required
- FamilySearch.org free, new records constantly added
- DIS Computer Genealogy Society of Sweden Join DIS, submit your own digital family tree to them, they will send you a list of any matches already in their vast database, and you will gain access to thousands of other Swedish family tree submissions, all for a nominal annual fee
- Central Swedish Soldier Register (only in Swedish)
- Stockholm City Archives some inhabitants of Stockholm 1878-1926
- Name indexes to some Swedish-Americans in California, Illinois, Texas, and Washington. See our Collections page and scroll down to "Name Indexes by State"
Centers, Societies, and Regional Information (U.S. & Sweden)
Sweden
- Farmhouses of Hälsingland in Swedish
- Helsingebilder Historical and cultural photos from Hälsingland (commercial)
- Emigrant center from Falköping area submit your ancestors' names!
- Swedish Local Heritage Federation
- Royal Society for Swedish Culture Abroad or Riksföreningen Sverigekontakt
- Migration Studies Delegation, Stockholm
- Genealogy in Skåne
- Långören, Blekinge - Society for Kraak Family Descendants
- Swedish Emigrant Institute in Växjö a.k.a. "House of Emigrants" site in Swedish
- Svenska Kyrkan parish address search site in Swedish: type parish name in box labeled "Församlingsnamn;" click on "sök" to search
- Addresses of Archives in Sweden scroll down the list to the name of your county; link to its archives is below it
- Cyndi's List of Swedish genealogy sites
- Svenska Institutet
- Genealogical Society of Stockholm site in Swedish
- Swedish Institute for North American Studies (SINAS) on Facebook
Swedish Tourism
United States
General
- The Augustana Synod Ministerium short bios of pastors 1850-1962; download, in 2 parts (far bottom of page)
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Archives
- American Scandinavian Foundation
- Swedish Ancestry Research Association SARA, Northeast U.S.
- Genealogical Societies in the U.S. by state (map)
- Swedish-American Newspaper Nordstjernan
AL
CA
- Scandinavian Cultural Center at California Lutheran University
- The San Francisco Call database 1869-1895 many Swedes listed
CO
IA
- Iowa City Swedish Club
- Vesterheim Norwegian Museum Decorah
- Museum of Danish America Elk Horn
IL
- Swedish American Museum Chicago
- Swedish Historical Society of Rockford, Illinois
- American Scandinavian Association at Augustana Rock Island
- Moline Swedish Friendship Association
- Swedish-American Historical Society Chicago
- Augustana Scandinavian Department Rock Island
- North Park University Archives Chicago
- Andover, Henry Co., Illinois site
- Jenny Lind Chapel Andover
- Bishop Hill Heritage Association
KS
- Svensk Hyllningsfest Lindsborg, Kansas biennial festival
MN
- American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis
- Swedish Genealogical Society of Minnesota
- Swedish Cemeteries in Polk County MN
- Swedish language youth, adult, & Elderhostel programs in Minnesota
NJ
- ScanFest in Budd Lake, NJ
NY
- Jamestown Swedes Chautauqua Co, NY & Warren Co, PA
- Scandinavian Fest in Jamestown, NY
- Swedish Consulate General, NYC
OR
PA
- American Swedish Historical Museum, Philadelphia
- Jamestown Swedes Chautauqua Co, NY & Warren Co, PA
- Swedish Colonial Society
SD
TX
WA
- Nordic Heritage Museum Seattle
WI
- Amery Area Swedish Club Northwest Wisconsin
- Norwegian-American Genealogical Center in Madison
- Livsreise Norwegian Heritage Society in Stoughton
Norwegian/Danish/Finnish/German Resources
Norwegian
- Norwegian Passenger Indexes and other records. Swedes from northern and western provinces left from Norwegian ports.
- Norwegian Shipping Index includes some Swedish ships that stopped off in Norway
- Norwegian parish records online free; click on "English" in upper-right
- Vesterheim Norwegian Museum, Decorah, Iowa
- Norwegian-American Genealogical Center in Madison, Wisconsin
- Livsreise Norwegian Heritage Society in Stoughton
Danish
- Danish Passenger Index Search thousands of Swedes from far southern provinces left from Danish ports; select English language
- Danish parish records online free
- Museum of Danish America, Elk Horn, Iowa
- Danish Emigration Archives Aalborg, Denmark
Finnish
- Migration Institute of Finland search for Swede-Finns there
- Genealogical Society of Finland
- Some Finnish parish records online free; click on the British flag for English
- Map of Finland with place name index
- Swedish Finn Historical Society
German
U.S. Arrivals
- EllisIslandRecords.org New York 1892-1924 only; you will need to register as a user, but registration is free and easy to use
- EllisIslandRecords search engine that searches EllisIslandRecords.org and is far easier to use; register as a user at EllisIslandRecords.org in order to view search results
- CastleGarden.org New York 1830-1892 only; free
- Boston arrivals 1848-1891; very incomplete
- FamilySearch (free) and Ancestry (subscription) have searchable and browseable US port records
- How to find arrivals from Europe at US ports
- Swedish American Line memorabilia page
- Swedish American Line 1915-1975 Tribute
- Immigrant Ship Transcribers Guild
Canadian Genealogy
Maps of Sweden
- Lantmäteriet historical maps
- Stadskartan.se
- Släktdata map zoom in to see detail or click first on parish name in list below map
- Old Maps online not only Sweden
Mailing Lists & Web Queries
Swedish
- Swedish Genealogy Email list
- Post queries on Swedish website Anbytarforum click on "English" in upper-right
U.S. or Worldwide
- (Rootsweb discontinuing its email lists on March 2, 2020)
- Sites for individual U.S. states and counties many have query pages
History & Miscellaneous
History
- Swedish Immigration to North America
- Interactive map of Nordic migration
- Timeline of Swedish history
- Viking/Sweden history (requires Adobe Flash)
- History of the Kingdom of Sweden
- St. Barthélemy, West Indies
Miscellaneous
- Tips on Swedish names
- Notes on the Swedish language
- Genealogical Serendipity Stories
- Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study
- Scandinavian Seminar Elderhostels check back for updates
- Swedish language youth, adult, & Elderhostel programs in Minnesota
- Sweden current telephone listings
- Obituaries Help