Swipe card: Police
DNA genealogy to become a police method in Sweden from 2025
The Swedish government is expected to provide legal support for the use of DNA genealogy as a method to solve serious crimes from July 1, 2025. This ...
Team of genealogists to assist Swedish police
Swedish police cold case teams are ready to use traditional genealogy alongside advanced DNA technology to solve old unsolved criminal cases. This method...
Danish police can now use genetic genealogy in their investigations
In response to public demand, the Danish government has now decided to introduce genetic genealogy as part of the tools available to the police...
Genealogy helps solve murder mystery in Norway
For several years, genealogy has been used as a method in murder investigations in other countries. Both Sweden and the US have reported breakthroughs in murder investigations...
Swedish police stopped by the law
Following the successful pilot project in which a double murder in Linköping was solved using genetic DNA and searches of submitted DNA from family members,...
This was the genealogist who helped the police with the double murder case.
It was the well-known DNA expert Petter Sjölund from Älandsbro in Härnösand Municipality in Västernorrland County. Sjölund assisted Swedish police with the tracing of DNA material via...
Should the police be allowed to do family searches in their DNA registers?
The debate has now begun in Parliament and former Minister of Justice Per-Willy Amundsen (Frp) has stated that he is positive to the police having access to...
Asking people to take DNA tests in the hunt for criminals
US-based FamilyTreeDNA, like many other companies, offers genealogists and other interested parties the opportunity to test their DNA. They are now encouraging potential customers to send...
