Blekinge Overview of ArkivDigital's digital archives of the Swedish county Blekinge län.

Offical documents from Blekinge län are stored in Regional archives in Lund.

Church records

• Church/parish records from the earliest times to about the year 1947 (or as far as rule of secrecy allows) (household/congregation, migration, birth, marrige and death records). Photographing of the year 1948 (or as far as rule of secrecy allows) is in progress right now.
• Statistiska centralbyråns (SCB; Statistics Sweden) extracts from birth, marriage and death records from the years 1925-1947
• Supplement to migration records from the earliest times to about the year 1825
• Account books from the earliest times to about the year 1800

Estate inventories

• Estate inventory from the earliest times to about the year 1960
• Regional archive's estate inventory registers
• Estate inventory (nobility) to about 1820

District courts/Court of Appeal

• Göta Hovrätt (court of appeal) restored court records from the earliest times to about the year 1730
• Certain court records from the district courts.

Tax/census records

• The chamber archives (Swedish: kammararkivet) copy of tax/census records from the years 1691-1813 (certain years are missing) (archive holder = Mantalslängder 1642-1820 Blekinge län 1691-1820)
• Land office's copy of tax/census records from the earliest times to about the year 1820
• District taxation registrar's (Swedish: häradsskrivarens) copy of tax/census records from the earliest times to about the year 1820
• Tax/census records the year 1941

District courts/Court of Appeal

• Göta Hovrätt (court of appeal) restored court records from the earliest times to the year 1730
• Occasional court records from the district courts

Supreme court

• Protocols 1694-1800

Miltary

• General Musters lists for the regiments that have existed in this county
• Stamkort (cards with information about men that have been doing their military service) for people enroled approximately 1902-1950
• Lists of qualifications
• Qualification books (meritband) 1757-1883 (from the archives of the army's pension fund)
• Lists of retired soldiers (Swedish: gratialister) (from Krigskollegium Krigsmanshuskontoret)
• The Navy's Lists from about the year 1635 to about the year 1915
• Boatman's contracts 1781-1896
• Boatman rolls (from the end of the 19th century)
• Musters lists for ships 1689-1873
• The Navy´s lists of qualifications
• Lists from the Navy's pension fund ("Flottans pensionskassa")

Sailor records (Swedish: Sjömanshus)

• Sjömanshuset i Karlshamn from the earliest times to about the year 1942
• Sjömanshuset i Karlskrona from the earliest times to about the year 1942
• Sjömanshuset i Ronneby from the earliest times to about the year 1942
• Sjömanshuset i Sölvesborg from the earliest times to about the year 1942

Prison and arrest

• Centralfängelset i Karlskrona
• Kriminalvårdsanstalten i Karlskrona
• Kronoarbetskåren
• Pionjärkåren
• Bräkne häradshäkte
• Karlshamn stadshäkte
• Kronohäktet i Karlshamn
• Listers häradshäkte
• Ronneby stadshäkte
• Sölvesborgs stadshäkte
• Östra häradshäkte
• Lists of prisoners (from the Office of the Chancellor of Justice) 1750-1825

Land investigation records

• Official documents from the land investigation year 1671

Cathedral chapter

• Adultery records -1816 (scattered years)

Aerial photographs

• Aerial photographs (farms, cottages, villas, industrial premises etc.) from the 1950's to the present day. Note! All-in-one subscription is required.

Other records

• Catechetical records
• Post room lists (Swedish: brevdiarier) for Land office  (Swedish: landskansli och landskontor) from the earliest times to about the year 1800
• Church curiosities from year 1830
• Passport journals from the land secretariat of Blekinge 1817-1920
• Miscellaneous offical documents from the towns
• Miscellaneous offical documents from Amiralitetsbarnhuset (orphanage) i Karlskrona

Right now we are photographing

• Church records 1948 (see detalied information above, under the heading church records)
• The Army's Lists 1620-1723 ("Rullor 1620-1723")
• Property registers ("lagfartsböcker" and "fastighetsböcker") 1875-1932