Scandinavian Links (Skandinavisk Genealogi) 🇸🇪🇳🇴🇩🇰
Genealogy in Scandinavia—Sweden, Norway, and Denmark—is highly streamlined due to the excellent record preservation by the Lutheran state churches and the subsequent digitization efforts by the national archives. The key to successful research is accessing the correct national digital archive portals, which hold digitized parish registers, census records, and specialized farm and name indexes.
Sweden 🇸🇪 (Sverige)
- Swedish National Archives (Riksarkivet) (Official Government Archive and free portal access to some records)
- ArkivDigital (AD) (Major commercial provider of high-quality digitized Swedish church records and other records)
- SVAR (Svensk Arkivinformation) (The Swedish National Archives' own subscription service for digitized records)
- Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center (Augustana College - Focus on US migration)
- American Swedish Historical Museum
- Nordstjernan (Historic Swedish-American Newspaper)
- Swedish Institute (Cultural and General Information)
Norway 🇳🇴 (Norge)
- Norway National Archives (Arkivverket/Digitalarkivet) (The official national digital archive—most records are free and digitized)
- Norwegian Parish Register (Digitalarkivet) (Direct link to digitized church books)
- Gravminner i Norge (Cemetery Records) (Searchable database of gravestones)
- Oluf Rygh: Norwegian Farm Names (O.R. is the definitive resource for farm name/location research)
- Norwegian-American Genealogical Center & Naeseth Library (Focus on US migration)
- Norway-Heritage (Ship lists and emigration focus)
- Norwegian Naming Patterns (Borgos guide to patronymics)
- Norwegian American Weekly (Bilingual Newspaper)
Denmark 🇩🇰 (Danmark)
- Statens Arkiver (Danish National Archives) (Official Archive access and guides)
- Danish Demographic Database (DDD) (Free searchable indexes for censuses and other demographic records)
- Slaegt og Data (Danish Genealogy Society with many guides and projects)
- Danish Christian Names (Guide to traditional naming)
- Trykt Gotisk Alfabet (Printed Gothic Alphabet - essential for reading old records)
- National Danish-American Genealogical Society (Focus on US migration)
- The Danish Immigrant Museum
Credits
Compiled by Mark Rabideau, Opa & Professional Genealogist.