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.Andersson surname meaning & origin โ
- JohanssonSon of Johan, the Swedish John.Johansson surname meaning & origin โ
- KarlssonSon of Karl, son of the free man.Karlsson surname meaning & origin โ
- NilssonSon of Nils, the Swedish Nicholas.Nilsson surname meaning & origin โ
- ErikssonSon of Erik, the patron-king's name.Eriksson surname meaning & origin โ
- LarssonSon of Lars, the Swedish Lawrence.Larsson surname meaning & origin โ
- OlssonSon of Olof, a first-Christian-king's name.Olsson surname meaning & origin โ
- PerssonSon of Per, the Swedish Peter.Persson surname meaning & origin โ
- SvenssonSon of Sven, son of the young Swede.Svensson surname meaning & origin โ
- GustafssonSon of Gustaf, the Vasa king's name.Gustafsson surname meaning & origin โ
- LindbergLinden-mountain, a made name, to stand out.Lindberg surname meaning & origin โ
- LindstrรถmLinden-stream, nature welded into a name.Lindstrรถm surname meaning & origin โ
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