Swedish Resources

Web sites

• Welcome to Sweden Genealogy: WorldGenWeb site.
• Have You Found a Swedish Ancestor?: How-to and links.
• Rötter: Online Swedish genealogy magazine with highlights in English.
• Research Outline: Sweden 
• Indiko: Searchable database of records from 44 parishes (requires subscription).
• Swedish Church Records Online: Putting images of church records online, beginning with Kalmar County.
• Swedish Archives: List of addresses.
• Swedish Emigration to America: History and links.
• Sweden Genealogy Mailing Lists
• Swedish Genealogical Word List 
• Swedish-English Dictionary 
• Online Swedish-English Dictionary 
• CityGuide Sweden: Travel and culture, in English.

Organizations

• American Swedish Institute: 2600 Park Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55407, (612) 871-4907
• American Swedish Historical Museum: 1900 Pattison Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19145, (215) 389-1776
• Federation of Swedish Genealogical Societies: Box 30222, SE-104 25 Stockholm, Sweden
• Royal Swedish Embassy: Watergate 600, 600 New Hampshire Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20037
• Swedish American Genealogist: Box 2186, Winter Park, FL 32790, (407) 647-4292
• Swedish Ancestry Research Association: PBox 70603, Worcester, MA 01607
• Swedish Genealogy Society of Minnesota: 5768 Olson Memorial Highway, Golden Valley, MN 55422
• Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center: Augustana College, 639 38th St., Rock Island, IL 61201, (309) 794-7204

Books

• Cradled in Sweden by Carl-Erik Johansson (Everton)
• The Emigrants by Vilhelm Moberg (Minnesota Historical Society): First of four novels about the Swedish emigrant experience.
• The Emigrants and The New Land (VHS): Movie versions of the Vilhelm Moberg books, starring Max Von Sydow and Liv Ullmann (dubbed in English).
• The Swedish Americans (The Immigrant Experience) by Allyson McGill and Sandra Stotsky (Chelsea House): Ages 9-12.
• The American Girls Collection: Kirsten books by Janet Beeler Shaw (Pleasant Company Publications): Adventures of a Swedish immigrant girl, for ages 9-12.