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Jurisdictions and Records
Civil Jurisdictions          Judicial Jurisdictions         Military Jurisdictions      Church Jurisdictions

Civil Records              Judicial Records              Military Records          Church Records

Swedish Civil Records for Family History
There are many records that were created by the Swedish Civil Authorities that will help you find your Swedish ancestors. These records are especially useful when the church records are insufficient.

As you search the Swedish civil records you will find the span of years varies record to record. This is due to laws, social developoment, the purpose of the record, and the preservation of the originals. Some records have different names in different parts of the country. Some records were created in duplicate for example: a local tax record was used to create a county tax record, which was used to create a national tax record. You will find the level of detail will vary depending on the version.

Although court records were created by a civil authority, they will be listed on the Swedish Judicial Records for Family History page.


 * To print a chart showing the civil jurisdictional structure click on: File:Swedish Civil Jurisdictions for Family History 001.pdf.

Category: Swedish Civil Records

Swedish Judicial Records for Family History
There are many records that were created by the Swedish Judicial Authorities that will help you find your Swedish ancestors. These records are especially useful when the church records are insufficient.

As you search the Swedish Judicial records you will find the span of years varies record to record. This is due to laws, social developoment, the purpose of the record, and the preservation of the originals. Some records have different names in different parts of the country. Some records were created in duplicate for example: the content of a Häradsrätt court proceedings (Dombok) was copied to another book which was sent to the High Regional Appellate Courts. You will find the level of detail will vary depending on the version.


 * To print a chart showing the judicial jurisdictional structure click on: File:Swedish Judicial Jurisdictions mid 1600s-early 1900s.pdf.

Category: Swedish Judicial Records

Swedish Military Records for Family History
There are many records that were created by the Swedish Military Authorities that will help you find your Swedish ancestors. These records are especially useful when the church records are insufficient.

As you search the Swedish Military Records you will find the span of years varies record to record. This is due to military demands, unit structure, the purpose of the record, and the preservation of the originals. Some records have different names in different parts of the country. Some records were created in duplicate for example: NNNN. You will find the level of detail will vary record to record.


 * To print a chart showing the military jurisdictional structure click on: File:Swedish Military Juris 1630 to abt 1900.pdf.

Category: Swedish Military Records

Swedish Church Records for Family History
As you search the Swedish Church records you will find the span of years varies record to record. This is due to instructions from the diocese, social developoment, the purpose of the record, and the preservation of the originals. Some records have different names in different parts of the country. As the church records provided a foundation for population registration, you will find extracted information from the church books in many other record types.

Researchers spend most of their time in 5 main church records. They are:


 * Birth and Christening (födelse och dop)


 * Engagement and Marriage (lysnings och vigsel)


 * Death and Burial (död och begravning)


 * Household Examinations (Husförhörslängder also called Skriftebok)


 * Moving In (- Out) records (In och Utflyttningslängder)

Although these record types are used the most, they do not represent the entire parish record collection. Each parish kept additional records that may also be useful to your search. Further there may be situations where you might need to search the Diocese record collections (especially regarding parish council decisions, permissions to marry or divorce, or even Bishop visitation records.)


 * To learn more about the history of Swedish Church Records see the article: History of Swedish Church Records.


 * To see a list of the entire parish record collection (for the parish you are working in), you need to do a search in the Swedish National Archives Database called Nationell ArkivDatabas or NAD.


 * To print a chart showing the church jurisdictional structure click on: File:Swedish Church Admin Structure 1650's - 1900's.pdf.

Access to Swedish Church Records
The easiest way to access the Swedish Church Records is through the internet using sites such as SVAR, Arkiv Digital, FamilySearch, and Ancestry.com. Three of these sites require a subscription for access (Arkiv Digital and the FamilySearch Collections are available at FamilyHistory Centers.) The Genline images are available through Ancestry.com (a fee-based website) in its World Deluxe Membership subscription.

You can find microfilm and microfiche through the Family History Library, and FamilySearch Centers. The original copies of the church records before 1895 are preserved by the National and Regional Archives in Sweden.

FamilySearch has partnered with The National Archives of Sweden to create indexes of the Swedish church records. To learn more about these indexing efforts see: FamilySearch Indexing.

Category: Swedish Church Records