Introduction to Swedish Passenger Ship Manifests
Passenger ship manifests for emigrants leaving from Göteborg and Malmö ports are available on ArkivDigital online. These lists include information such as the name of the ship, departure date, name of the emigrant and age and often you will find birth place or residence in Sweden and final destination.
Currently the passenger lists from Göteborg on ArkivDigital online cover the years from 1869 to 1935. You can find these in the Göteborgs poliskammare (-1900) archive.
The passenger lists from Malmö cover the years from 1874 to 1939. You can find these records the Poliskammaren i Malmö archive.
If you have access to the CD Emigranten Populär or the database Emihamn you can do a search and get the "Källkod" and use this to search in the manifests.
Search for Swedish Passenger ships manifests on ArkivDigital Online
To search for these records on ArkivDigital online, click on advanced search in the search window and select police archives and in the list you will find the following entries:
Göteborgs poliskammare (-1900)
Poliskammaren i Malmö
Image of Manifest Record
Translation of Text and Column Headers
Transcription of Swedish Text
Förteckning
Öfver utvandrare, som af undertecknad befordras med Ångfartyget Milo, som den 27 Jan 1872 härifrån afgår till Hull
Translation
List
of emigrants noted below who are transported via the steamer, Milo, on the 27th on January 1872 departing from here (Göteborg) to Hull (England).
| Column Headings Swedish | English |
|---|---|
| Kontraktets N:o | Contract Number |
| Utvandrarens yrke och namn | Emigrant's occupation and name |
| Födelseort | Birthplace |
| till län och socken | County and parish |
| Ålder, Man, Qvinna | Age, Man, Woman |
| Summa | Total |
| Bestämmelseort | Destination |
The above manifest lists the following emigrants:
| Sven Peter Widell | Förlanda, Halland | New York |
| Carl Johan Bergendahl | Fotskäl, Älvsborg | New York |
| Johannes Nilsson | Blädinge, Kronoberg | Chicago |