Category: Swedish Heritage

I grew up in a home where Swedish Christmas Traditions were essential to our celebrations. Christmas for us was the most important holiday of the year. Sweden has many Christmas celebrations, but...

My mother, Anne-Marie Hellqvist Hummel, has been doing Swedish genealogy research for 50 years. She is an expert in understanding Swedish Genealogy. I wrote this blog while talking to my...

Would you have the courage to travel alone to America at age 20 when you couldn’t speak much English?  My grandmother, Anne Marie Hellqvist, was born on December 17, 1931, in Stockholm,...

A question that many people ask is if Swedish people are of a Slavic origin? Many people assume that Sweden may have some Slavic origins because Sweden is very close to this part of the world....

Santa Lucia holds an extraordinary place in the hearts of the people of Sweden. Santa Lucia represents charity and love while at the same time bringing light to the cold long winter nights....

When you start to do your Swedish family history research, you will learn that Sweden has some amazing family history records called the Household Examination Records. You can discover many things...