Nordic
Swedish family heritage
The Scandinavian peoples — Swedish, Norwegian and Danish.
Clan Rising is the living atlas of European family heritage, built one people at a time. Swedish heritage is now on the map — the meaning of your surname, the homeland it came from, and the stories that travelled with it into the diaspora.
On the map
Where Swedish heritage sits in Europe
This is the homeland on the modern map. The names below already file here; the heritage regions that subdivide it, and the deeper map, are coming next.
Swedish names already in the atlas
- AnderssonSon of Anders — and the patronymic that filled a nation.
- JohanssonSon of Johan — the Swedish John.
- KarlssonSon of Karl — son of the free man.
- NilssonSon of Nils — the Swedish Nicholas.
- ErikssonSon of Erik — the patron-king's name.
- LarssonSon of Lars — the Swedish Lawrence.
- OlssonSon of Olof — a first-Christian-king's name.
- PerssonSon of Per — the Swedish Peter.
- SvenssonSon of Sven — son of the young Swede.
- GustafssonSon of Gustaf — the Vasa king's name.
- LindbergLinden-mountain — a made name, to stand out.
- LindströmLinden-stream — nature welded into a name.
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