The Swedish fortress and town on the shore of River Neva (1611-1703) Neovia - Nyenskans - Nyen - Nevanlinna - Ниенша́нц Neovia , as the entire Swedish Ingria , was a short-lived project of less than a hundred years during the time of Sweden's "stormaktstid", the period as a powerful European nation. There were at least hundreds, possibly up to some 2,500 people living in Neovia. Most of th...
=Riksdag of Sweden= === The Riksdag (Swedish: Riksdagen ) is the national legislature and the supreme decision-making body of Sweden. Since 1971, the Riksdag has been a unicameral legislature with 349 members (riksdagsledamöter), elected proportionally and serving, from 1994 onwards, on fixed four-year terms.=== The seat of the Riksdag is at Parliament House (Swedish: Riksdagshuset) on the isl...
Småland, Sweden Småland is an province ( landskap ) in southern Sweden. Småland borders Blekinge, Scania (Swedish: Skåne), Halland, Västergötland, Östergötland and the island Öland in the Baltic Sea. The name Småland literally means Small Lands. The Latinized form Smolandia has been used in other languages. (Source: English Wikipedia. Read 2019-01-19.) KMunicipalities in Småland There are 33 ...
Jönköping, Smolandia, Sweden= This is a regional project in Geni for the Municipality of Jönköping , Sweden. Everybody who is interested in the history of the town or its residents is welcome to join the project. Once you have joined the project you can add profiles, photos, documents etc. of people who have resided here or who otherwise are related to the history of the town. You should also c...
Ludvika, Dalecarlia, Sweden This is a regional project in Geni for the Municipality of Ludvika , Sweden. Everybody interested in the history of the town or its residents is welcome to join the project. Once you have joined the project you can add profiles, photos, documents etc. of people who have resided here or who otherwise are related to the history of the town. You should also consider ...
Degerfors Municipality Degerfors Municipality ( Degerfors kommun ) is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. The municipality seat is located in the town of Degerfors . At the end of 2021 the population in the municipality was 9,534. The northern part of the municipality was before 1925 part of Karlskoga Municipality , from which it was detached to form a new entity. It became a m...
=Älvsborg Regiment= ===The Älvsborg Regiment (Swedish: Älvsborgs regemente ), designation I 15 and I 15/Fo 34, was a Swedish Army infantry regiment that traces its origins back 1624. It was disbanded in 1998. The regiment's soldiers were originally recruited from the provinces of Västergötland , and it was later garrisoned there in the town Borås .=====Heraldry and traditions=====Colours, stand...
Sollefteå, Angermannia, Sweden This is a regional project in Geni for the Municipality of Sollefteå , Sweden. Everybody interested in the history of the town or its residents is welcome to join the project. Once you have joined the project you can add profiles, photos, documents etc. of people who have resided here or who otherwise are related to the history of the town. This project is a pa...
Projekti aloitettu/start 8.4.2018.Under construction Västerås [v%C9%9Bst%C9%9Br%CB%88o%CB%90s] is a city in central Sweden, located on the shore of Lake Mälaren in the province Västmanland, some 100 kilometres (62 miles) west of Stockholm. The city had a population of 119,372 inhabitants in 2016,[3] out of the municipal total of 150,000 (2017).[4] Västerås is the seat of Västerås Municipality, ...
Storfors, Wermland, Sweden This is a regional project in Geni for the Municipality of Storfors , Sweden. Everybody who is interested in the history of the town or its residents is welcome to join the project. Once you have joined the project you can add profiles, photos, documents etc. of people who have resided here or who otherwise are related to the history of the town. You might also wan...
The Royal Order of the Polar Star (Swedish: Kungliga Nordstjärneorden) is a Swedish order of chivalry created by King Frederick I on 23 February 1748, together with the Order of the Sword and the Order of the Seraphim. The Order of the Polar Star was until 1975 intended as a reward for Swedish and foreign "civic merits, for devotion to duty, for science, literary, learned and useful works and ...
The archipelago fleet , officially the "fleet of the army", was a branch of the armed forces of Sweden which existed between 1756 and 1823. Its purpose was to protect the coasts of Sweden, which was surrounded by a natural barrier of archipelagoes (or skerries). Throughout its existence, it was a largely independent arm of the army, separate from the navy, with the exception of a few years in t...
Hallsberg Municipality Municipality of Hallsberg ( Hallsbergs kommun ) is a municipality in Örebro County in the province of Närke , central Sweden. The seat of the municipality is located in the town of Hallsberg . The Population of the municipality at the end of 2021 was 16,196. The present municipality was created in 1971 when the market town (köping) of Hallsberg was amalgamated with adj...
Piteå Rural Municipality Locality Project =Genealogy project for Piteå Rural Municipality, Sweden.This is a project aiming at a common, complete, and correct tree built of persons from Piteå Rural Municipality, Norrbotten county, Sweden. If you have people in the tree you are working on from Piteå Rural Municipality, who you could use help with, add their profiles to the project. You can also s...
Municipality of Linköping, East Gothland, Sweden= This is a regional project in Geni for the municipality of Linköping, Sweden. Everybody who is interested in the history of the town or its residents is welcome to join the project. Once you have joined the project you can add profiles, photos, documents etc. of people who have resided here or who otherwise are related to the history of the town...
Uddevalla Municipality Uddevalla Municipality (Swedish: Uddevalla kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County the province of Bohuslän in western Sweden. The seat of the municipality is located in the town of Uddevalla . At the end of the year 2021 the population of the municipality was 57,122. The present municipality was created in 1971 when the Town of Uddevalla (which had absorbed...
Municipality of Norrköping, East Gothland, Sweden This is a regional project in Geni for the Municipality of Norrköping , Sweden. Everybody who is interested in the history of the town or its residents is welcome to join the project. Once you have joined the project you can add profiles, photos, documents etc. of people who have resided here or who otherwise are related to the history of the to...
Karl Gustav or Karungi Locality Project =Genealogy project for Karl Gustav or Karungi, Sweden.== Karl Gustav or Karungi village projects ==No village projects yet.== Regional Locality Projects == Finnmark: Alta I Berlevåg I Båtsfjord I Gamvik I Hammerfest I Hasvik I Karasjok I Kautokeino I Kvalsund I Lebesby I Loppa I Måsøy I Nesseby I Nordkapp I Nord-Varanger I Polmak I Porsanger I Sør-Varange...
Övertorneå Locality Project =Genealogy project for Övertorneå, Sweden.== Övertorneå village projects ==No village projects yet.== Regional Locality Projects == Finnmark: Alta I Berlevåg I Båtsfjord I Gamvik I Hammerfest I Hasvik I Karasjok I Kautokeino I Kvalsund I Lebesby I Loppa I Måsøy I Nesseby I Nordkapp I Nord-Varanger I Polmak I Porsanger I Sør-Varanger I Sørøysund I Talvik I Tana I Vads...
Enköping, Uplandia, Sweden= This is a regional project in Geni for the Municipality of Enköping , Sweden. Everybody who is interested in the history of the town or its residents is welcome to join the project. Once you have joined the project you can add profiles, photos, documents etc. of people who have resided here or who otherwise are related to the history of the town. You might also want ...
Lysekil, Bohus County, Sweden This is a regional project in Geni for the Municipality of Lysekil , Sweden. Everybody who is interested in the history of the town or its residents is welcome to join the project. Once you have joined the project you can add profiles, photos, documents etc. of people who have resided here or who otherwise are related to the history of the town. This project is ...
Överkalix Locality Project =Genealogy project for Överkalix, Sweden.== Överkalix village projects ==No village projects yet.== Regional Locality Projects == Finnmark: Alta I Berlevåg I Båtsfjord I Gamvik I Hammerfest I Hasvik I Karasjok I Kautokeino I Kvalsund I Lebesby I Loppa I Måsøy I Nesseby I Nordkapp I Nord-Varanger I Polmak I Porsanger I Sør-Varanger I Sørøysund I Talvik I Tana I Vadsø I...
Pajala Locality Project =Genealogy project for Pajala, Sweden.== Pajala village projects ==No village projects yet.== Regional Locality Projects == Finnmark: Alta I Berlevåg I Båtsfjord I Gamvik I Hammerfest I Hasvik I Karasjok I Kautokeino I Kvalsund I Lebesby I Loppa I Måsøy I Nesseby I Nordkapp I Nord-Varanger I Polmak I Porsanger I Sør-Varanger I Sørøysund I Talvik I Tana I Vadsø I Vardø Ko...
Apotek i Sverige 1500-1921 Syftet med detta projekt är att för släktforskare göra tillgängligt apotekare med familjer, som drivit apotek i Sverige. Profilerna måste därför vara offentliga. "Först på slutet af 1500-talet började apotek att anläggas i Sverige. De förste apotekarna voro i allmänhet tyskar och anlitades äfven såsom läkare. Mäster Lukas antogs af Gustaf I omkring 1552 att hålla a...
During 1808-1917, in a time spanning a little more than 100 years, after the Finnish War and until the Independence of Finland in 1917, Finland was an autonomous Grand Duchy of Russia .======During this era, according to The National Biography of Finland , some 500 Finns who rose to the ranks of General or Admiral in the Imperial Russian Army are listed.======This project is dedicated to those ...