Record Atlas
31 FamilySearch collections · 1 archive · 205 places · 1501–1940

Sweden

Where the records of Sweden are, who holds them, and what it costs to look. 61,244,087 indexed records reachable through FamilySearch alone.

Where to start in Sweden

None of the 1 checked source here can be opened from a keyboard. 1is paid or part-paid. On top of that, 9 worldwide services reach Sweden without a subscription.

Write to Riksarkivet — Digitala forskarsalen for what is not online. FamilySearch has 31 collections covering it, running 1501–1940, 61,244,087 indexed records. 2 pieces of this ground are mapped for jurisdiction, so the atlas can say whose archive held it in a given year.

205 places placed, 15 volumes walked. Open Sweden on the map, or tell us what is missing.

Whose archive this ground was

Record regions mapped in Sweden — which empire held the ground, and therefore which archive holds its paper.

  • Norway 3 eras Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Tromsø, the western fjords
  • Sweden 3 eras Stockholm, Skåne, Småland, Dalarna, Norrland

The archives

  • Riksarkivet — Digitala forskarsalen mixed Stockholm, Sweden

    The Swedish National Archives. Much is now free; the highest-quality parish register images are on the commercial ArkivDigital.

And 12 worldwide providers reach Sweden too — the full list.

31 FamilySearch collections

Grouped by the ground each one covers, nationwide. A free account opens the images; some are restricted to a Family History Centre.

Sweden — nationwide 31

2 more collections, contributed

A directory David assembled, sorted by what kind of record each one is. Read this differently from the rest of the page. The descriptions are his, not an archive's catalogue, and nobody here has opened the volumes behind them. Every link was tried on 2026-09-20 and answered; the ones that did not are not listed.

Church and parish registers 2
Censuses and population lists 1
Probate, land and notarial 1

205 places, 15 volumes

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