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SwedPop has been awarded SEK 29,970,000 in funding from Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (RJ) to further develop Sweden’s national data infrastructure for historical population research. The grant will support major advancements in automated transcription, data linkage, and long‑term accessibility of historical individual‑level data.   The project aims to expand both the scope and availability of Swedish historical…

With new funding from the Swedish Research Council (VR), the national research infrastructure SwedPop will further develop and expand its databases of historical Swedish population data. The initiative will enable the digitisation of large new datasets and the implementation of AI-based methods, strengthening SwedPop’s role as a key resource for population research. SwedPop’s application comprised…

We are currently working on redesigning and improving our website. During this transition, some parts of the site may appear temporarily disorganised or incomplete. Thank you for your patience and understanding during this period.

During the period February 23rd – March 2nd 2026 it may not be possible to retrieve data from the SwedPop database, due to preparations for the release of version 4 of SwedPop data.

Harmonized individual level data from the Stockholm Roteman database have now been added to SwedPop and can be downloaded for research on swedpop.se. Data covers parishes in the expanding city of Stockholm 1878-1926, including the incorporated parishes of Brännkyrka from 1913 and Bromma from 1916. Data is harmonised, coded and fully adapted to academic research.…