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, ...
Forest Finns Forest Finns were Finnish migrants from Savonia and Northern Tavastia in Finland who settled in forest areas of Sweden proper and Norway during the late 16th and early-to-mid-17th centuries, and traditionally pursued slash-and-burn agriculture, a method used for turning forests into farmlands. By the late 18th century, the Forest Finns had become largely assimilated into the Swedis...
Köping, Westmannia, Sweden This is a regional project in Geni for the Municipality of Köping , 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 ...
Västmanland Regiment The Västmanland Regiment (Swedish: Västmanlands regemente ), designations I 18 and Fo 48, was a Swedish Army infantry regiment that traced its origins back to the 16th century. It was disbanded for the first time in 1927 but later reraised and disbanded again in 1997. The regiment's soldiers were originally recruited from the province of Västmanland , and it was later garri...
Lindesbergs kommun är en kommun i Örebro län och i landskapet Västmanland, samt en liten del vid Malingsbo-Kloten tillhör landskapet Dalarna. Centralort är Lindesberg. Kommunen ligger i Bergslagen och Västra Mälardalen och samarbetar med intilliggande kommuner i KNÖL-gruppen (Kommuner i Norra Örebro Län): Nora, Ljusnarsberg och Hällefors. Administrativ historik Kommunens område motsvarar so...
Ljusnarsberg Municipality (Ljusnarsbergs kommun) is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Kopparberg.In 1908 Kopparberg was detached from the rural municipality Ljusnarsberg to form a market town (köping). In 1962 they were reunited.Kopparberg is located by the outlet of the Arboga River, about 80 km north of Örebro. The municipality borders the p...
Skinnskatteberg, Westmannia, Sweden This is a regional project in Geni for the Municipality of Skinnskatteberg , 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. Yo...
(in Swedish) and (in Swedish), corresponding to (In Norweighan)A genealogy project about the historical Saami population in central Sweden (mainly Svealand and southern Norrland) and their descendants. For centuries they lived in areas south of the modern Saami reindeer herding districts. Some of them were Forest, Lake or Coast Saami and they depended on hunting, fishing, trading and reindeer h...