quote:Supposedly posted by T5: About being Svensk (swedish)... I just got it confirmed two weeks ago, that my family tree goes back almost 1200 years right here in Sweden (on my fathers side). That´s even before the vikings, which where very scarce in sweden contrary to belief. Over 80% of all the vikings came from Denmark and Norway, not sweden hehehe.
I'd really be interested in tracing my ancestry back that far if I could. As it was, the church in Härjedalen holding all the records on my mother's side burnt down many years ago, and I've never looked into my father's side of the family, who come from Dalarna. I know I have a Norwegian great-grandmother on my mother's side, and an ancestor from Wasa in Finland, but as far as I know, all the rest of my ancestors were Swedish (my mother was born and mostly raised in Sweden, and my paternal grandparents also immigrated from Sweden). I'm hoping to visit Sweden again myself in a year or so.
