SWEDISH GENEALOGY
A lot has changed since 1850 The Swedish emigration started 170 years ago. A lot has changed in the world since 1850. Sweden may be one of the countries that have changed the most. When you think about Sweden today, it’s not obvious what life was like for our ancestors. Many things are
It’s always fun to see a picture of an ancestor for the first time. I don’t know whether the eyes are really the windows to the soul. What I do know is that you can often learn a lot from a portrait just by the way the people are dressed. You can usually recognize some facial features from yourself
The Swedish tomte is a small creature that lived on the farms along with our Scandinavian ancestors. The word tomte comes from the word tomt, the plot of land around a house. Other names for the same little guy is tomtenisse, tomtegubbe, gårdstomte, hustomte, or nisse. This tomte is
I’m a firm believer in looking at data to understand the world. That includes the world our ancestors lived in. But some things are hard to capture in charts. Fiction can be a great tool for understanding how our Swedish ancestors lived. The books below will give you a sense of what Sweden was
In this post I’ve gathered everything you need to know about geography and place names in Sweden for your family history. Bookmark this page and come back, because this page is continously updated. Historical geographical terms Get a good start by reading about the words used. If you want
The Swedish provinces, landskap, were the main subdivision of Sweden before 1634 [1]. After that the counties were instituted. You might think of the provinces as states in the early Sweden. They had their own laws. In the south of Sweden, where the majority lives, the provinces are often an
