Name Indexes
Name indexes to brief biographies of Swedish-Americans from books on California, Illinois, Iowa, Texas, and Washington compiled by Swenson Center staff. Use the search box to search by name or place. To read the biography, request the book or photocopies you need through your home library’s interlibrary loan department or by contacting us.
Or browse alphabetically by last name.
A-An Anderson Andersson-Ax B C D-E F G H I-Jo Johnson Johnsson Johnss-Lil Linb-Lunb Lund-Mons Mont-N O-Peterse Peterso-R S-So Sp-Sy T-Z
Book represented in this index
|
Book Title |
Author |
Region |
Date Publ |
Code # |
|
Swedish Element in Rockford, The |
Nelson, O.M. |
IL Rockford |
1940 |
101 |
|
Swedish Settlements in Iowa and Western Illinois |
Nelson, O.M. |
IL & IA |
1938 |
102 |
|
Swedish Blue Book, The |
Swedish-American Publishing Co. |
IL Chicago |
1927 |
103 |
|
Svenskarne i Illinois (the Swedes in Illinois) |
Johnson, Eric & C.F. Peterson |
IL |
1880 |
104 |
|
Swedish Texans, The |
Scott, Larry E. |
TX |
1990 |
105 |
|
Svenskarne i Texas i Ord och Bild, 1838-1918 (the Swedes in Texas in Words & Pictures) |
Severin, Ernest;Scott;Westerberg;Öjerholm |
TX |
1919 |
106 |
|
History of the Swedes of Illinois, Pts 2&3 Biographical Sketches |
Olson, Ernst W; Engberg, Martin J., editors |
IL |
1908 |
107 |
|
Washington och Dess Svenska Befolkning (Washington and its Swedish Population) |
Skarstedt, Ernst |
WA |
1908 |
109 |
|
California och Dess Svenska Befolkning (California and its Swedish Population) |
Skarstedt, Ernst |
CA |
1910 |
110 |
How to read the indexes
The index consists of names that Swenson Center staff compiled from the above books. The Reference number begins with the book code, followed by the page number.
Tips on name and place spellings
Spellings are shown as they are in the books, even if they have changed over the years. The spellings of Swedish place names in these books were sometimes old spellings, phonetic, or even erroneous. Remember to look for Carlson starting with both “C” and “K.” “V” & “W” are also interchangeable, as are sometimes “S” and “Z.” Some parish names beginning with “V” used to start with a silent “H,” so you might find Vetlanda under Hvetlanda or even Hwetlanda.
Å, Ä, Ö
Swedish vowels å, ä, and ö fall at the end of the alphabet, but our database does not sort them that way, so look for your Åbergs with “A” instead of after “Z.”
County or län abbreviations
These abbreviations are shown in parentheses after the Swedish birthplaces.
A = City of Stockholm
B = Stockholms län (excludes the city)
C = Uppsala län
D = Södermanlands län
E = Östergötlands län
F = Jönköpings län
G = Kronobergs län
H = Kalmar län
I = Gotlands län
K = Blekinge län
L = Kristianstads län
M = Malmöhus län
N = Hallands län
O = Göteborgs och Bohus län
P = Älvsborgs län
R = Skaraborgs län
S = Värmlands län
T = Örebro län
U = Västmanlands län
W = Kopparbergs län
X = Gävleborgs län
Y = Västernorrlands län
Z = Jämtlands län
AC = Västerbottens län
BD = Norrbottens län
OA = Göteborg City