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

Offical documents from Västernorrlands län are stored in Regional archives in Härnösand.

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
• Communion records from the earliest times to about the year 1850
• Account books from the earliest times to about the year 1800

Estate inventories

• Estate inventory from the earliest times to about the year 1950
• Regional archive's estate inventory registers
• Estate inventory (nobility) to about 1916

District courts/Court of Appeal

• Svea Hovrätt (court of appeal) restored court records from the earliest times to about the year 1710
• Court records Ramsele tingslags häradsrätt (district court) 1736-1785
• Court records Södra Ångermanlands domsaga (district court) 1671-1735
• Court records Ångermanlands domsaga (district court) 1628-1668

Supreme court

• Protocols 1694-1800

Tax/census records

• The chamber archives (Swedish: kammararkivet) copy of tax/census records 1642-1645 (archive holder = Mantalslängder 1642-1820 Västernorrlands län 1642-1645), 1646-1653 (archive holder = Mantalslängder 1642-1820 Härnösands län 1646-1653) and 1654-1694 (and some later scattered years) (archive holder = Mantalslängder 1642-1820 Västernorrlands (Gävleborgs) län 1654-1820)
• Land office's (landskontorets) copy of tax/census records 1695-1820
• District taxation registrar (häradsskrivarens) copy from the earliest times to about the year 1820
• Tax/census records the year 1941

Military

• 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 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 Härnösand from the earliest times to about the year 1940
• Sjömanshuset i Sundsvall from the earliest times to about the year 1940
• Sjömanshuset i Örnsköldsvik from the earliest times to about the year 1940

Prison and arrest

• Lists of prisoners (from the Office of the Chancellor of Justice) 1750-1825

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

• Passport journals from the land secretariat of Västernorrland 1764-1881

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")