Deaths in Sweden 1600-1951

Source information

The collection is based on the Swedish National Archives“ "Birth, marriage, and death records“The collection is published under a CC0 license and can be downloaded in its entirety in CSV or Excel format.

About Deaths in Sweden 1600-1951

Here you can search through all persons from Blekinge, Hallands, Kristianstads, Malmöhus, Gotlands, Jämtlands, and Västernorrlands counties (län in Swedish) in Sweden. The date range that can be searched varies slightly from county to county (see overview below).

  • Blekinge County, 1689–1920
  • Halland County, 1688–1766
  • Kristianstad County, 1647–1951
  • Malmöhus County, 1646–1937
  • Gotland County, 1600–1904
  • Jämtland County, 1642–1886
  • Västernorrland County, 1679–1925

Sweden is currently divided into 21 counties, and some counties no longer exist. For example, Kristianstad County and Malmöhus County are now part of Skåne County.

About the entries

The searchable collection consists of 21 columns, but the information entered will vary from entry to entry, as the registration was made 100-400 years ago.

  • Assembly
  • Len
  • Date
  • Date of funeral
  • First name
  • Last name
  • Occupation
  • Home town
  • Gender
  • Marital status
  • Legitimate/illegitimate at birth
  • Age
  • Cause of death
  • Cause of death body part
  • Other causes of death
  • Relative's first name
  • Relative's last name
  • Relatives' occupations
  • Relatives relationship
  • Note 1
  • Note 2