Sweden 1387 - 1814
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- From inside the Swedish Historical Museum.
- Reproductions of objects testifying to early life in Sweden.
- (10,000 BCE - 1500; photo facsimiles)
- Ranging from Runes and the Poetic Edda to the Christmas messages of King Carl Gustaf XVI.
- Also available by thematic search.
- (Mainly Swedish texts; transcriptions)
- Fornvännen: Digitala Upplaga, 1906-2005
- Digital full-text searchable edition of Sweden's foremost archaeological journal.
- Includes photo images and drawings of antiquities.
- (Ancient to medieval; facsimiles and commentary in Swedish and other languages)
- Discovered in Sveg near Östersund.
- Digitized by the Regional Archives in Östersund.
- (8 July 1401; Old Norse transcription with Modern Swedish translation and commentary)
- Sources for the History of the Medieval (Germanic) Empire.
- Includes recorded conferences of the Hanseatic League.
- (800 - 1503; Latin and contemporary vernacular transcriptions with critical apparatus)
- Norsemen (and -women, including Lapps) as portrayed in 16th-century Italian illustrations.
- (16th century; facsimiles & commentary)
- From the National Archives.
- (1616-1653; Swedish, Latin and German text facsimiles and transcriptions
- with Swedish, German or English summaries)
- Sunk in Stockholm Harbor on its maiden voyage in 1628 and raised in 1961.
- Official website of the Vasa Museum.
- Click on "Choose Language" dialogue box if necessary.
- (10 August 1628; Images with English or Swedish commentary)
- See also English-language sites on the Vasa's revival, on its chronology, and on its historical background.
- (Images, commentary and bibliographies)
- Sunk during the Scanian War with Denmark
- (1676; photographic facsimiles and English commentary)
- Example of a loyalty pledge demanded by Swedes of rural folk during the Scanian War with Denmark.
- From originals in the Regional Archives of Lund.
- (1677; facsimiles and transcriptions)
- Minutes from witch trials in the region of Jämtland.
- Digitized by the Regional Archives in Östersund.
- (1642-1694; transcriptions)
- Presented by the National Library of Norway.
- (1716-1718; facsimiles & commentary)
- (1200-1809; Finnish & Swedish transcriptions and English translations.)
- A searchable database of documents on the Swedish East Indian Company.
- From the holdings of the Gothenburg university library.
- (1731-1813; facsimiles)
- (1565-1945; Swedish transcriptions)
- A collection of contemporary documents and lists.
- Swedish royal and regents, plus other historical persons:
- Biographical and genealogical data in Swedish only.
- Alphabetically or geographically searchable -- 35 generations, approx. 1700 persons
- (Tenth to twentieth centuries; Swedish-language transcriptions and images)
- Includes primary and secondary documents, provided by Don Mabry.
- (Transcriptions, facsimiles and commentaries, mostly in English)
- From the Swedish War Archives.
- (Transcriptions, photographs and Swedish-language annotations)
- Letters in the Uppsala Regional Archives:
- (17th-20th centuries; facsimiles
- (17th-20th centuries; facsimiles
- (1707-1926; facsimiles).
- (For most of the above letters, click on lower right corner a second time for enlargement icon.)
- A demographic database unifying archival holdings in national and regional archives.
- Folk censuses, parish registers, and other vital statistics.
- (17th-20th centuries; searchable vital statistics)
- Demographic Database of Southern Sweden.
- A searchable compendium of vital statistics.
- Limited to the counties of Scania and Blekinge.
- Also available with an English-language interface.
- (17th-19th centuries; searchable vital statistics)
- A growing source for photos of historical sites in Sweden, searchable by area, type of site, and age of site.
- (Prehistoric to present; photos)
- (Facsimiles)
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Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.
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