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Theme: Geography: |
Facts |
| Info Type | Title | Publication data / Comments | L | M |
| PLACES,Overview | Names of places and areas | |||
| Sweden | Sverigeguiden (Sweden guide). Lists all provinces and has overview maps and demographic facts on each. | >Go> | S | I |
| SCB | Official regional divisions, codes, maps Extensive ! | >Go> | S | I |
| Socken, församling, pastorat (parish) | RSV (="IRS"). Includes special and ceased parishes. | By Name . By Kommun | S | I |
| SCB (Sweden statistics). Clickable map and name search. Good ! | >Go> | S | I | |
| NAD, Nationell Arkiv Databas |
National Archive Database,
searches several archives, SVAR included. Use "Topografi" option to get all topographic relations. RECOMMENDED |
Home . Search | S | I |
| Places/areas Search Name | Rötter: Sockensök: Find parish, kommun, landskap, län | Search . Help | S | I |
| Ortnamn (Names) | Svenska Ortnamn. Names of
more than 403 000 place names in all of Sweden. Based on
the name database at Lantmäteriet. Gives the exact
location of cities, towns, villages and most farms,
churches and many nature names. Covers much more names than
the on line maps in "Kartsök"
at Lantmäteriet web site. Very useful if you are researching several places - for a few lookups ask on the mailing lists |
Buy at SVAR | S | CD |
| Kommuner | ALL kommuner in Sweden. (Kommunförbundet) | >Alpha list> . >By län> | S | I |
| Gazetteer. Sw National Atlas. | Info on län, kommun and links to their websites. Good for searching for place names (except farms and small places) | >Go> | E | I |
| LDS Research Outline | 4 gazetteers available on film at LDS | >Go> | E | I |
| Farm Descriptions | Rosenberg, C-M: Geografiskt-statistiskt handlexikon öfver Sverige | Description . Review | S | I |
| Landskapssymboler | Symbols of different provinces | Landskapsblommor | S | I |
| Castles and estates | Slottsguiden. Guide to castles and larger estates in Sweden | >Go> | S | I |
| PLACES, Individual | Grouped by province / kommun / socken >>>>>>>>>>>>>> | >Go here> | E | I |
| SOL | Svenskt Ortnamnslexikon (utdrag). Swe place names dictionary / excerpt. Explanation of names and their origin. | No longer free on line. Buy book at abt 400 SEK | S | I |
| Topografiskt index (SOFI) | Topographical Index 1951. Listings of names per county (not all counties are yet indexed) | No longer free on line. | S | I |
| PLACES, Special | ||||
| Bruk | Harmens
register: Factories, foundries, smithies, iron processing plants. |
By place, by name | S | I |
| Outside Sweden | ||||
| US Atlas 1895 | >Go> | E | I | |
| US Geogr Names | USGS. Geogr. Names Info System | >>> . Great search engine | E | I |
| MAPS | ||||
| Sweden | To find local or special maps go to regional / local pages | |||
| Overview Sweden | Relief map . Slow but very nice | Sverigeguiden | ||
| Landskap (Provinces) | SweGGate | S | I | |
| Län (Counties) | Map of Sweden with all Counties, modern and old (Högman) | >Go> | S | I |
| Län, Landskap | Maps of each County and Province. (Lantmäteriet) | >Go> . Help | S | I |
| Kommuner | Maps of each Kommun. (Lantmäteriet, no details) | >Go> | S | I |
| Sweden | DETAILED MAPS | |||
| Details | Lantmäteriet Kartsök (All villages, even farms, very detailed) RECOMMENDED | Search | S | I |
| Details | Länsstyrelserna
(To farm level, topics marked). RECOMMENDED. Select län (county), kommun (municipality) and click Öppna tittskåp (Open) |
>Go> | S | I |
| Satellite pictures | All Sweden. View on screen only. You can buy a copy. (Lantmäteriet). (increase the brightness on your monitor). | >Go> | S | I |
| Cities, towns and larger villages | Stadskartan. Up-to-date, towns only. | >Go> | S | I |
| Old maps | Some Cadastral maps from 18th & 19th century. | >Go> | B | I |
| Old maps | Some maps from 18th century to buy. Medelpad, Ångermanland, Jämtland, Hälsingland | >Go> | S | I |
| Geometric maps | A series of some 17 000 very detailed maps from the 16th century. Since 2001 being scanned by RA. A few examples are already on the net for free. Check them even if you are not specifically interested in the area. Gyllenhjelm atlas is from Skatelöv sn (G) | Project
. Gyllenhielm atlas 1637 Map of the month ! |
S | I |
| Maps for sale | Lantmäteriet On-line map shop . | Home . Buy maps | S | I |
| Outside Sweden | ||||
| NorwayGenWeb | Norwegian WorldGenWeb main site | >Go> | E | I |
| DenmarkGenWeb | Danish WorldGenWeb member | >Go> | M | I |
| IcelandGenWeb | Icelandic WorldGenWeb main site | >Go> | E | I |
| DIS-Norge | Norwegian Maps Links page | Lots of links | E | I |
| Norway: Fylken (counties) | Use when researching the borderlands | >Go> | B | I |
| World Maps | Search | E | I | |
| DEMOGRAPHIC DATA | ||||
| Overview | *** SweGGate Star Guide *** | >Go> | E | H |
| Overview | Admin divisions | E | ||
| General | Demographic Database, DDB | Svenska . English . Service | B | I |
| Sweden | National Atlas of Sweden | Län . Kommun . Search | B | I |
| Southern Sweden | DDSS = Demographic Database for Southern Sweden | >Go> | B | I |
Everything is about Sweden unless otherwise stated
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