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SVAR Parish Records/Catalogs
Parish Records
The Swenson Center is the North American agent for SVAR (Svensk Arkivinformation). SVAR is
a division of the Swedish National Archives and its main purpose is to preserve vital
archival materials and make it accessible to libraries and institutions in Sweden. Amid
this wealth of material are the Swedish parish records, which are frequently used by
genealogists on both sides of the Atlantic. These records, along with others listed below
(all on microfiche), are available for purchase in North America through the Swenson
Center.
Please note that in order to use the fiche you need access to a microfiche reader
in your area, and
most public and university libraries have such readers available for public use. Note also that the records are
in the original record-keeper's handwriting in the Swedish language and the
quality of the handwriting varies from one record to the next.
*Swedish parish registers including
records of births & baptisms, weddings, deaths & funerals, and household
examinations (husförhörslängder, containing records of nearly all parish members) from
the 17th century up to approximately 1895.
*Extracts from Swedish parish records (births, marriages, deaths) for the
years 1860-1920 and the household
parish record extracts (sometimes referred to as Census records) for the years 1900, 1910,
1920, and 1930. All of this material is based on the originals at the Swedish Central Bureau of
Statistics (SCB).
County Catalogs
County Catalogs are available for purchase for all of the different Swedish counties (län).
The county catalogs show the different types and numbers of microfiche available for all
of the parishes in a give county. Prices currently range from $10 to $25, including
sales tax, postage, and handling. Please note that the county catalogs do not
contain actual parish records with names of people. For information about
the actual parish
records, see PARISH RECORDS above. Contact us at the e-mail address below for
more information or for a price list/order form. The order form with County Catalog prices
can be printed out from the box to the right.
Or, if you are only interested in the records from one or two particular parishes, please
tell us which ones you need and we will gladly send you a photocopy from our master
catalog, showing the microfiche available to purchase for those few parishes (no charge,
no obligation). Please include your postal address and the names of the parishes in
which you are interested (include the län).
Parish Catalogs
Parish catalogs are available for most of the parishes in the following län: Blekinge,
Gävleborgs, Göteborgs och Bohus, Hallands, Jämtlands, Jönköpings, Kalmar,
Kopparbergs, Kronobergs, Norrbottens, Skaraborgs, Södermanlands, Uppsala, Värmlands,
Västerbottens, Västernorrlands, Västmanlands, Älvsborgs, and Östergötlands. The
parish catalog prices range from $10.00 to $30.00, including sales tax, postage, and
handling. Please note that the parish catalogs do not contain actual parish
records with names of people. For information about actual parish records, see PARISH
RECORDS above. The parish catalogs are indexes that tell you where
on the microfiche (purchased separately) you will find a specific village or
farm. They contain only names of
farms and villages within a given parish. Note also that not every parish has a parish
catalog available. To see which parishes have catalogs available and their
prices, click here.
Parish catalogs also serve as handy lists of place names within parishes,
which will help you when trying to decipher names of farms and villages
within the records.
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E-mail us for a listing from your parish (specify parish & county)
**Please remember to include your postal address in e-mails to us, particularly if
you are asking us to send you information.
Mailing address:
Swenson Center
Augustana College
639 38th St
Rock Island IL 61201-2296
Tel: 309.794.7204
Fax: 309.794.7443
E-mail: sag@augustana.edu
Order form for microfiche and catalogs in HTML Format (use once you have a listing of
microfiche available to purchase for your parish).
Order form (Adobe PDF Format)
Riksarkivet SVAR
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