Marriages in Sweden 1636-1929

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.

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About Marriages in Sweden 1636-1929

Here you can search through all persons from Blekinge, Kristianstad, Malmöhus, Gotland, Jämtland, and Västernorrland counties (län in Swedish) in Sweden. The date range that can be searched varies slightly from county to county (see overview below).

  • Blekinge County, 1689–1925
  • Kristianstad County, 1647–1929
  • Malmöhus County, 1646–1929
  • Gotland County, 1658–1860
  • Jämtland County, 1636–1905
  • Västernorrland County, 1680–1929

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 18 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 publication
  • Groom's first name
  • Groom's last name
  • Groom's marital status
  • Groom's age
  • Groom's occupation
  • Groom's place of residence
  • Brud first name
  • Brud surname
  • Divorce
  • Bride age
  • Brud profession
  • Brud's place of residence
  • Note 1
  • Note 2