Gävleborg County, Sweden Genealogy

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Guide to Gävleborg County, Sweden ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records. Back to Sweden►

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History
The county was created in 1762 when the area was divided from Västernorrland County.

Gävleborg County includes the provinces of Gästrikland and Hälsingland.

The county letter for Gävleborg is: X

Districts
Gävleborg has Tingslags instead of Härads. Through the years there has been a lot of variation in the Tingslag organization in Gävleborg. Because of this, the Tinglsag information is found on the parish pages instead of here. Click on the parish you need in the table below.

Parishes

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