Swedish Traditions
Collection by Find a Swede - Swedish Genealogy • Last updated 7 days ago
The foods, holidays, creatures, and many other things that make up Swedish culture.
11 Facts for Family History in Sweden - Find a Swede - Swedish Genealogy
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
The Swedish letters å, ä and ö - Find a Swede - Swedish Genealogy
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
Swedish fiction for family historians - Find a Swede - Swedish Genealogy
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.
Traditional Swedish Christmas Food - Find a Swede - Swedish Genealogy
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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Torp – The Swedish Croft - Find a Swede Genealogy
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
Midsummer in Sweden - Find a Swede
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
Place Names in Sweden - Find a Swede
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
This is Småland - Find a Swede
Småland is a Swedish province with roots from the middle ages. How come it had the largest emigration to America? #småland #smaland #genealogy #sweden
Torp – The Swedish Croft - Find a Swede Genealogy
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
Midsummer in Sweden - Find a Swede
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