The following databases are utilised at Swedish American Center:

CD-Emigrant (Available in English):

Emihamn – Passenger listings.
Emibas Göteborg – Emigrants who at the time of emigration were registered in Gothenburg.
Emisjö – Sailors outside of Europe with registered journeys and sailors who were noted as signed off, escapees or dead (1812-1930).
Emipass – Excerpts from passport journals from the period 1812-1930.
Emisal – Travellers who emigrated via Svenska Amerikalinjen's journeys between 1915-1950.
Emivasa – People who are or have been members of the Vasa Order of America.
SAKA – Swedish-American church records from the period 1842-1967.
Fartyg –The Wilson line's regular and extra emigrant ships for the period 1850-1914. Includes time schedules and ship pictures.

 

Emibas Värmland

Information about people in Värmland who were to emigrate.
Includes date- and place of birth, names, parish membership prior to emigration, etc.
(Source: Household Examination Records)

Emibas Sweden

People who had left their Swedish parish to emigrate.
Does not include the regions Norrland and Stockholm.
Swedish-American church archives.
Members of Swedish-American churches.
Swedish-American newspaper adverts.

Swedish death records 1901-2009

For the period 1901-1946 approximately 30% of the deceased are missing in the database, the period 1947-2009 is complete.

Swedish census 1880

Swedish census records of 1880, with 4.6 million entries.

Swedish census 1890

Swedish census records of 1890, with 4.8 million entries.

Swedish census 1970

Personal information on all 8 million people living in Sweden in 1970.

Swedish census 1980

Personal information on all 8,3 million people living in Sweden in 1980.

Ancestry

Access to Swedish emigration records, as well as 5 billion records from the US and around the world. Go to ancestry.com >>

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