Databases
SwedPop is a national research infrastructure, that provides access to one of Sweden’s unique assets for research: detailed individual-level population data with long time spans and national coverage including a large number of demographic and socio-economic variables.
At the moment SwedPop offers access to fully harmonized data from seven large databases and new data is continuously added to the infrastructure. Data comprises both longitudinal and cross-sectional databases, spanning over nearly three centuries and representing diverse socioeconomic and geographic contexts. Read more about each database below.
The Parish Register Database, the Demographic Database, Umeå University
Linked longitudinal data for complete populations in more than 100 Swedish parishes in selected geographic regions.
Cohort information:
- Parish Birth Records between 1601 – 1915
- Parish Residence Records between 1693 – 1915
Scanian Economic-Demographic Database, Centre for Economic Demography Lund University
Linked longitudinal data covering the five Scanian parishes Halmstad, Hög, Kågeröd, Kävlinge and Sireköpinge (full coverage from c. 1815) and the city of Landskrona (full coverage from 1880).
Cohort information:
- Parish Birth Records between 1731 – 1910
- Parish Residence Records between 1813 – 1915
Stockholm Roteman Database, Stockholm City Archives
Linked longitudinal data covering the population in Stockholm.
Cohort information:
- Parish Birth Records between 1779 – 1926
- Parish Residence Records between 1877 – 1927
SweCens, Swedish National Archives
Swedish censuses 1880-1910 and by the end of 2026 also censuses 1930 and 1940. The 1950 census can be accessed through Umeå University.
Cohort information:
- Birth years between 1763 – 1911
- Residence years between 1880 – 1910
Gothenburg Population Panel (GOPP), Department for Economy and Society, Gothenburg University
Demographic and socioeconomic information for a 1% sample of individuals who were resident in Gothenburg during four-year panel years between 1915-1967.
Swedish Death Index, Swedish Federation of Genealogical Societies
Register data (name, gender, place of birth and death, address and civil status at time of death) comprising all deaths in Sweden 1815–2024, fully harmonized according to SwedPop standards.
Forthcoming in 2026:
EMIWEB, Swedish Federation of Genealogical Societies
Migrant data from and to the Nordic countries 1830-1980.