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Göte, 1917-1993
and his brother Holger Målberg, 1912-1971
My mothers brothers.

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Stina Carlsson
1912-2013
My father's cousin, lived in Rydaholm, Småland

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Ella Andersson
1915-2009
My fathers sister, lived in Ulricehamn.

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Andrew Johnson ( Anders Göran Johannesson) born Jan. 14, 1871, Slätthög, Kronoberg. Emigrated to Amerika in July 1891.
Wife Hulda W. Peterson and daughter Esther Wilhemnina, born Oct. 1903, Duluth, Minnesota.

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of the month August

Elsa and Gustaf Kinander.
Wedding August 8 1935.
Gustafs father Axel and my grandmother Judit was siblings.
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Picture of the month July


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Photo from a school class in 1930. My father is number 3 from the left. The teacher is Berta Åstrand.

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My grandfather Axel Andersson, Gustaf Johansson and Frans Johansson.
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Picture of the month May

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This is a photo from 1908. It is from Hultafors Tumstocksfabrik = making tools.
You can read more about it here:

https://hultafors.com/
blogs/articles/our-heritage

Picture of the month April

This is my grandmother Judit, as well as my aunts Ella and Astrid and my uncle Gunnar. Grandma was born in 1888.
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Picture of the month March


My grandfather Albin Målberg, born Dec. 21 1888.
He married Selma, born Feb. 2, 1889. Selma was a seamstress and Albin was a statare.
Statare = they were propertyless, landless and animal-less, poor married farm workers. The difference between a crofter and a statare was that the crofter had his own home, livestock and associated arable land that was leased. The lease was paid in the form of daily labor to the landowner. They could live far from the estate. The statare were contract employees for usually one year at a time.
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Februay

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This is the farm Ågården. In the picture we can see, from left: my mother Asta, her sister Elin, a foreman, one of the workers, a housekeeper, a maid, my grandmother Selma with little Ingrid in front of her, my uncle Holger, grandfather Albin and another uncle. Photo is from around 1928.

Picture of the month January

Torpa Stenhus
is a private own estate, beautifully situated at the southern shore of Lake Åsunden in the southwest part of Sweden.
The first part of castle was built around 1470 by the councilor Arvid Knutsson.

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Roots in Sweden

Hi, My name is Yvonne and I live in Sweden.
My GREATEST interest is genealogy. Do you want to find your ancestral roots in Sweden?
I would like to help you! It can sometimes be a bit "tricky" but I am stubborn and will not give up so easily!

You can send me e-mail: and tell me who you are looking for.

Here are a number of references from some emigrant descendants

Hello Yvonne:
Just wanted to let you know that we are about two weeks away from our departure to Sweden.  We have rented a house at Herrfallet (near Laxa) for the month of July.  We will traveling from there on short mini-trips to Dalsland, Stockholm, Umea to Vaasa & Jalisjarvi, Finland and Oslo. 
We will be touring in Dalsland and parts of Varmland to visit all the ancestral parishes/towns of my great grandparents.  Thanks again for all your help with my ancestry research and putting us in touch with the guides.
Tack så mycket!
Mark and Shirley  Johnson
Summer 2025

Mark & Shirely inside Skållerud kyrka.

We travel to Sweden and rent a small cottage (Herrfallet) in a Swedish Forest in central Sweden near Laxå. From there, we visited all the towns, parishes, and kyrkas where the Johnson (Jansson) Swedish ancestors lived and worked before emigrating to America in the late 1800s.
Then we traveled to Finland to visit the towns, parishes, and kirkkos where Mark's Finnish ancestors lived and worked before emigrating to America.
The final leg of the trip was a visit to Norway (Bergen and Oslo).
This is the short video documentary of our visit to Sweden, Finland, and Norway, and our ancestry.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgnCVf4OAtw

 

 

Testimonial from Frances Walsh, Houston, USA

Frances Walsh

I did not think it was possible to find any living relatives since it has been so long since my great grandfather emigrated to the US.

Yvonne, from Swedenroots made it happen.
I cannot thank Yvonne enough for helping this miracle happen.

Reuniting families is a wonderful job, and if you are looking for long lost relatives.
I recommend Yvonne.


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Testimonial from Skip Anderson, Rhode Island , USA

Yvonne, Amazing! Absolutely amazing!

I received your two emails a few minutes ago and was blown away by the quantity and quality of the reports you presented.
It was far beyond what I expected. Also, I now can easily see why I reached that “brick wall.”

 

 

 

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Testimonial from Susan K. Mangus, Hickory, Kentucky, USA

Chris (Christine) Enlund BaityI am in shock - absolute shock !! You have solved a 163 year old mystery in my family !!
I can’t believe that for so many years we have wondered Who Is “EMMA”?? and now you have the answer in 12 hours !! Unbelievable…..

When I tell the family members their reaction will be felt even in Sweden !! It is exciting to know the name of the ship Emma traveled on
( “American Barque Matilda”) - I assume a “barque” is a smaller vessel.
I have a picture from the Ellis Island archives of the ship my paternal relatives arrived here on, and it must have taken great courage to cross an ocean in such a small ship !!
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Testimonial from John Dolan, Winsconsin, USA

John Dolan

I am holding the picture that has been my motivation for my Sweden family history. Taken in about 1902 it shows the blended family of William James Dolan and Augusta (Jonsson) Ljungberg.
The five Swedes from Augusta's first marriage are in the back (my grandfather is second from the right, just over William's right shoulder.) In the front are the Dolan children (less one who died not long after returning to Scotland and the two youngest who were born in Scotland.)
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Testimonial from Chris Clark, Australia

Robert CarlsonThanks to your research, the understanding that my brothers and I had of our grandfather Olof Johansson’s family in Sweden has suddenly expanded beyond all our imagining.

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Now it is time for Lussekatter = Saffron buns!

Ingredients
US Customary – Metric
▢3/4 cup butter or margarine
▢2 cups milk
▢4 tsp instant yeast (or 50 g fresh yeast)
▢1/2 tsp salt
▢3/4 cup sugar
▢1/4 tsp saffron
▢1 tsp cardamom
▢1 egg
▢6 cups all purpose flour
▢1 dl raisins
▢1 egg (for egg wash)
Instructions
Melt the butter in a saucepan on the stove. Add the milk. Let it cool until lukewarm.
Pour the milk and butter mixture into a large mixing bowl and add fresh yeast, stirring until dissolved.
Add the salt, sugar, saffron, cardamom, and egg, mixing thoroughly.
Slowly add the flour while mixing continuously (you can do this with an electric mixer or by hand). The dough will still be quite sticky.
Mix well until the dough pulls from the sides of the bowl (you don't actually need to knead the dough, just mix well). Cover and let the dough rise in a draft free place for about 30 minutes.
Sprinkle flour on your counter and knead the dough well. You may need to add extra flour if the dough is too sticky to knead. Cut the dough into four sections and roll each into a cylinder. Cut strips out of the cylinder about the size of two fingers. Roll the strips out and form into lussekatter shapes. Add raisins as decoration.
Set the formed lussekatter on a greased baking pan, or on baking paper. Cover and let rise until they are doubled in size – about 30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 435°F (225°C).
Brush each bun with whisked egg. Bake for 7 – 10 minutes, until golden brown on top.
This is a link to the page that have the recepi and pictures as well.
https://scandinaviancookbook.com/st-lucia-buns-lussekatter/


Emigrant lists

I've added some lists, of people who emigrated from Södra Säm and Finnekumla parishes in Älvsborgs County, Sweden.


Have you heard about J. Hugo Aronson?

J. Hugo AronsonNo, probably not. But perhaps you've heard about "The Galloping Swede"!
Read more about the man who came from Södra Säm in Sweden in 1911, worked hard and became governor in Montana USA 1953-1961.

 

When Andrew Chilberg met President Roosevelt

Ted RooseveltAndrew was a keen follower of politics, socialist in his views, and he got upset about how President Teddy Roosevelt was handling the building of the Panama Canal.

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