Vital Records Index: Scandinavia

Denmark, Finland, Norway & Sweden

Use the Vital Records Viewer icon in the "Novell-Delivered Applications" window.

These Scandinavian church records contain approximately 3.6 million birth and christening records and 1 million marriage records on 7 CDs. The available information includes:

Names of individuals and their gender.
Birth, christening, and marriage dates and places.
For birth or christening records, the names of the parents and sometimes the grandparents.
For marriage records, the name of the spouse and sometimes the parents.
A reference number to the original microfilmed copy of the record at the Family History Library.

Other features of the program include a parent search, bookmarking, and print options. A collection search allows you to view other records from the same locality or from multiple localities.

Note: The Scandinavia Vital Records Index does not contain all available records from the time periods listed below. Additionally, not all localities are represented and coverage for any particular area may be incomplete.

Cities in the Northern Sweden CD:
Gävleborg, Kopparberg, Stockholm, Södermanland, Uppsala, Västerbotten, Västmandland

Cities in the Southern Sweden CD:
Blekinge, Gottland, Göteborg och Bohus, Halland, Jönköping, Kalmar, Kristianstad, Kronoberg, Malmöhus, Skaraborg, Värmland, Älvsborg, Örebro

Localities used within this index are generally represented as they were in the mid-1880s. Although this does not take into account border changes in the earlier or later periods, it does closely represent the proper locaities for the majority of the records found in this collection.

Date coverage and statistics for each country
Denmark for the years 1630-1905
* Births and Christenings 1,067,316
* Marriages 296,440

Finland for the years 1656-1890
* Births and Christenings 89,555
* Marriages 89,879

Norway for the years 1650-1903
* Births and Christenings 953,627
* Marriages 231,412

Sweden for the years 1610-1888
* Births and Christenings 1,445,338
* Marriages 354,305

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Updated 28 March 2002