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Jämsunda, or Jämsunda by, is a small settlement to the southwest of Tving, in the province of Blekinge in Southern Sweden. The settlement has around 30 adult inhabitants and is in a countryside setting with farms and farmland in its vicinity. Several of my ancestors have called Jämsunda their home, these include Gustaf Svensson Åra…
Bråstorp is a small settlement to the southeast of Tving, in the province of Blekinge in Southern Sweden. The settlement has around 40 adult inhabitants. It is on the main road leading to Tving and consists of spread-out residential buildings in a countryside setting with farmland and forests in its vicinity. Several of my ancestors…
Gunnetorp is a small settlement to the west of Tving, in the province of Blekinge in Southern Sweden. The settlement has around 30 adult inhabitants and it is in a countryside setting with fields for farming in its vicinity. Several of my ancestors have called Gunnetorp their home, these include Karl Johan Gustafsson (1837-1914) and…
Tving is a locality in the province of Blekinge in southern Sweden. It was earlier the center of the local parish but is today a part of Karlskrona Municipality. The earlier settlement with the church at its core has developed and the locality has today around 530 inhabitants. Several of my ancestors have lived their…
Karlshamn is a town in the province of Blekinge in Southern Sweden. Already when the area was a part of Denmark, it was a harbor known as Bodekull. The era of shipping and trade at the local harbor has continued ever since. Karlshamn is today home to around 20.000 inhabitants. It is also the birthplace…
Sölvesborg is a locality in the province of Blekinge in southern Sweden. Its location on a peninsula in the Baltic Sea has made it famous for its white sandy beaches along narrow historical streets and beech forests. Parts of the street layout still date back to the Middle Ages and even though Sölvesborg has lost…
Ölands Norra Udde, or the northernmost point of the island of Öland is a popular tourist destination on the second largest island in Sweden. It is actually a separate island, Stora Grundet, that is connected with the larger island by a bridge. It is the 32-meter-high lighthouse, Långe Erik, that is the main attraction here….
Färjestaden is with its around 6.000 inhabitants the largest locality on the island of Öland, the second largest island in Sweden. It was formally the main port of the island, with connections to Kalmar on the Swedish mainland. Today it is still the main entry point to Öland, but a 6.072-meter-long bridge has replaced the…
Borg is a small settlement in the central part of Öland, the second-largest island in Sweden. The settlement might be small, but it has in its vicinity both the ruins of the large ring fort Gråborg as well as the ruins of a Middle Age chapel. For anyone who enjoys exploring ancient remains, this area…
Högby is a small settlement around the former parish church in the northern parts of Öland, the second largest island in Sweden. The settlement has today grown together with the nearby expanding locality of Löttorp. A Short History Högby Parish has its origins in the Middle Ages and the first known church here was most…
Löttorp is a locality in the northern part of Öland, the second largest island in Sweden. It is one of the commercial centers of the island and the one that covers the needs of its northern part. This was originally a settlement that developed around the railway but has now around 570 inhabitants and no…
Lerkaka is a small settlement in what was once Runsten Parish on the island of Öland. It is famous for its well-preserved rows of windmills, which is one of the area’s main tourist attractions. The settlement does in addition to the five windmills house about 50 permanent inhabitants. It is today a part of Borgholm…