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Swedish Traditions
The foods, holidays, creatures, and many other things that make up Swedish culture.
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Ninenteenth century Swedes didn't have family names. Really. A few did, but most in most families everyone had different last names. Want to know more about your Swedish ancestry? Read these eleven quick facts and busted myths to understand your family history in Sweden. #sweden #genealogy #familyhistory
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You can learn a lot about your Swedish family history. Some things are different though. Find a Swede writes about a common common problem when you first start tracing your lineage. You may have to change your approach in Sweden. Your ancestor’s surname might not help you much at all. You won’t find a Facebook group for your Swedish Johansson family. So what do you do? If you want to learn more, read the blog.
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The Church of Sweden was part of the state until the year 2000! Culture varies so much and can be hard to understand, even in the western world. Read these eleven quick facts and busted myths to understand your family history in Sweden. #sweden #genealogy #familyhistory #churchofsweden
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Are you curious about the name of a place in Sweden? Read this blog post to learn more.
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Everything you need to know about geography and place names in Sweden for your family history. Bookmark this page and come back, because this page is continously updated. #familyhistorian #19thcentury #familyroots
In this post I’ve gathered everything you need to know about geography and place names in Sweden for your family history. Bookmark this page and come back, because this page is continously updated. #familyhistory #19thcentury #genealogy
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In Swedish genealogy it’s important to know in which county your ancestor lived. Learn more about them and the best way to write a historical address in this post.
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The Swedish society in the nineteenth century can be hard to understand. It’s far from what the western world is today. Some of the history even differs from the rest of Europe. Here are eleven quick facts and busted myths that will help you with your family history in Sweden. #sweden #genealogy #familyhistory
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Have you ever noticed a number number in the margins of the Swedish genealogy records. It's the mantal number. This little number tells you a lot about your family's wealth. Read more about it here! #familyhistory #findaswedegenealogy #genealogy
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The Swedish genealogy records are easily available online. You can even use some of them for free. But you have to read them in Swedish. And then comes the question, to which degree do you have to use them? Do you have to care about the difference between a, å and ä, or o and ö? Read all about it in this blog post! #genealogy #swedish #language
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Glad Lucia! Swedes celebrate Saint Lucy’s Day on December 13. With candles in their hair, songs, and saffron buns. These women were photographed in 1914.
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A great way to understand the context of your ancestors is fiction. This is a selection of novels that play out in Sweden between 1820 and 1910. They describe the country your migrant ancestor left so that you feel it. The hunger, the cold and the beauty.
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Swedes celebrate Luciadagen, St Lucy’s Day on December 13. Read about the origin and the celebrations in the nineteenth century. #sweden #lucia #swedishtraditions #genealogy #christmas
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The Swedish Christmas buffet has roots from the Viking Age. Some of it was surely eaten by your Swedish ancestors. Read all about julbord and julgröt and the rest of the Swedish Christmas foods. #sweden #familyhistory #christmas #scandinavia #julbord
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Place names are the basis for Swedish genealogy. Learn about place names in Sweden and start on your family history. #sweden#genealogy #geography #scandinavia #ancestors
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The croft has gone from a small farm at the outskirts of the village. For a while it was a form of living that left people at the mercy of a landowner. And now they are summer homes for the present day Swedes. Most likely your ancestor lived on a croft. Read about them here! #sweden #ancestry #familyhistory
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Swedes have celebrated Midsummer for nearly 600 years. Your Swedish ancestors may have lit bonfires or raised maypoles on Midsummer’s Eve. But you can be pretty sure that they danced. Read more here! #sweden #genealogy #familyhistory
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Many place names in Sweden are common words. Some describe a location, others the ownership of the land. They can give you an extra insight into your Swedish ancestor's life. Read about some of them on the blog. #familyhistoryresearch #genealogytips #ancestryresearch #swedishlanguage #sweden
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Stranda
Uppsala
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Baltic Sea
Småland is a Swedish province with roots from the middle ages. How come it had the largest emigration to America? #småland #smaland #genealogy #sweden
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Crofters
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Maybe you have seen the word torp, croft, in your Swedish genealogy. An ancestor may have been a crofter, torpare. Or your ancestor was a soldier and lived at a soldier’s croft, soldattorp. But what is a Swedish croft? Read about it here! #sweden #genealogy #ancesetry
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Midsummer
Glad midsommar! Midsummer in #Sweden is an old tradition. Swedes often joke about it being our unofficial national day. Midsummer was first documented in Sweden in the year 1555. Read more about it here! #genealogy #familyhistory
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Do you want to know the meaning of your Swedish ancestor's birthplace? Read the intro to Swedish places names on the blog. #genealogy #familyhistory #swedishlanguage #swedishancestry #sweden
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The medieval villages on the Swedish country side were split up in the 1800s. Read about it here. #genealogy #ancestry #sweden #agriculture
Find a Swede - Swedish Genealogy
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Find a Swede - Swedish Genealogy
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