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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.

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    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

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