Resource: Research Tips

From RAÄ on Flickr: Räpplinge, Öland

Some sources for information on buildings and places:

The Swedish Heritage Board (Riksantikvarieämbetet) hosts a couple of good databases:

– Kringla
– Bebyggelseregistret

– they also have excellent archive, ATA, with everything from the defunct Byggnadsstyrelsen, i.e. drawings, photos of every previously state-owned building. More info: here.

– Kungliga Biblioteket is another close a good source, database Regina + Libris

– If your study object is within Stockholm municipality, try their service with online documents and drawings, available if you have Swedish Mobile ID (or similar.) Here

– If you're working with manor houses, a good start are the series "Svenska Slott och Herresäten" from Allhems Förlag in the 1960-s.

– If you're working with churches, an excellent source are the series "Sveriges Kyrkor" which published monographies on a number of Swedish churches. Some of them are available in our library, some at KB, and quite a few are downloadable as PDF:s: here.

– Stockholmskällan includes historic drawings and photographs

– Digitaltmuseum is also an excellent source that aggregates Swedish material from Arkitektur- och Designcentrum among others.

the list will be updated.