Maps and drawings

Sweden's oldest large-scale maps

• Geometiska kartsamlingar Geometric map collections, Sweden's oldest large-scale maps. Links to 150 scanned maps, bound in so-called geometric landbooks.
• Kartsök Search by map. All settlement units for 1630–1655 and about 15 map objects, including farms, mills and churches, are coordinated.
• Download files and search in the map’s original text Search for words or occurrences in the map’s text. All text on the maps and Notarum Explicatio (the map’s symbol and text description) has been interpreted and transcribed. The search follows the surveyors’ spelling. Transcribed map characters for each volume are displayed.

Topography

Topographical register

• Topografiskt register på Riksarkivet (TORA) Database. Topographical Register at the Swedish National Archives (TORA). Shows where villages and farms were located with reference to administrative districts through the ages (until 1800).

Topographic maps of Sweden

• Sverige, topografiska kartor

Topographic maps of foreign areas

Unknown provenance.

• Utländska kartor, Afrika, Amerika, Asien
• Utländska kartor, Norge
• Utländska kartor, Ryssland, Finland
• Utländska kartor, tyskspråkiga länder, Danmark, Polen, Turkiet, Ungern
• Utländska kartor, västeuropeiska länder

Military maps and drawings

Map and drawing collections of the Military Archives

Mapping is an important part of war and defense. That is why the Military Archives' collections of historical maps are so extensive. The collections include both Swedish and foreign topographic maps, as well as cities and fortresses from around the world. In addition, there are nautical charts and maps and plates describing a particular event – for example, a battle, a siege or a route of march. The collections also include a large number of drawings of military buildings, weapons, ships, vehicles, aircraft, flags, uniforms and more.

• Krigsarkivets kart- och ritningssamlingar Database.

• Generalfälttygmästarens ritningssamling (Drawing collection)
  • Marma skjutfält Marma firing range.
  • Vaxholm–Oscar Fredriksborg
  • Göteborg, Kviberg Gothenburg, Kviberg.
• Fanritningar Hand-drawn images of Swedish regimental and company banners.
• Finska handritade kartor Finnish hand-drawn maps, 1640–1808.
• Finska rekognosceringsverket Finnish maps, 1652–1821.
• Fortifikationen, chefsexpedtionens ritningar Drawings.
• Handritade kartverk Hand-drawn maps of both Sweden and the world with different provenances.
• Marinens ritningar Navy drawings. Drawings of the Swedish navy's ships.
• Sverige, stads- och fästningsplaner 1521–1942 Mainly maps and drawings of Swedish cities and fortifications.
• Sveriges krig 1521–1864 Maps describing events during Sweden's war.
• Sveriges officiella kartverk, trakten kring Stockholm i IX blad Sweden's official map, the area around Stockholm in 9 sheets. 19th century.
• Tält och byggnader, samling Drawings and more of settlements and other buildings.
• Uniformsritningar Military uniforms. Drawings and watercolors of uniforms, partly real uniforms partly drafts or models for new ones.
• Uniformsplanscher Posters of miltary uniforms. Collection of engravings, lithographs and prints of uniforms and uniform details.
• Utländska krigsplaner Maps describing events during wars to which Sweden was not a part.
• Utländska stads- och fästningsplaner 1550–1989 Foreign city and fortress plans from 1550 to 1989. Mostly maps and drawings of foreign cities and fortifications.

Nautical charts, hydrographic charts and lighthouses

Also see the map and drawing collections of the Military Archives above for more maps.

• Världskarta från 1500-talet A world map and 7 nautical charts from the 16th century.
• Spansk portolan från 1500-talet Spanish nautical chart from the 16th century.
• Sjökarteverkets hydrografiska kartor Hydrographic maps.
• Fasadritning till Landsorts fyr Facade drawing of Landsort lighthouse.

Railway maps

• Statens järnvägars ritningssamling. Bangård i Kilsmo. Spårplaner. År 1882. The State Railways' drawing collection. Railway yard in Kilsmo. Track plans. Year 1882.
• Statens järnvägars ritningssamling, stationsbyggnader State Railways drawing collection, station buildings.
• Statens Järnvägar – ritningsregister Downloadable datasets (in Swedish).

Maps of Sápmi

• En mängd kartor och ritningar över lappmarken
• Karta till 1909 års lapputredning, Västerbottens län Map for the 1909 lapputredning, Västerbotten County. Shows areas of individual homesteads, commons, crown lands, and more above the cultivation boundary.
• Karta öfver norra Sverige utvisande lapparnas skattefjäll, flyttningsvägar m.m. 1883 Tillhör arkivet efter Kommitterade för den inhemska lappfrågans behandling 1883.
• Charta öfwer Wästerbottns Höfdingedöme och dertil hörande Lappmarker, 1743
• Karta över de jämtländska lapparnas huvudsakliga betesområden
• Karta över Kemi, Simo och Torne älvar från 1642. Kopia 1764.
• Vilhelminalapparnas och lapparnas i Frostvikens norra lappby renbetesområden

Swedish Board of Mines (Bergskollegium)

• Bergskollegium, kartor och ritningar Swedish Board of Mines, maps and drawings.

Border Commissions

• Gränskartor Maps of national borders.

The National Board of Surveying, Domänverket, Agricultural boards, Courts

• Domänverkets kartsamling över revir och kronoparker Map collection.
• Lantmäteristyrelsen, kartor rörande Finland och Sveriges forna provinser The National Board of Surveying. Maps concerning Finland and Sweden's former provinces.
• Förrättningsakter och geografiska kartor, Lantmäteristyrelsen Surveying documents and geographical maps, register. The National Board of Surveying.
• Förrättningsakter till torrläggningsföretag (vattenhushållning) Administrative documents for dry laying companies (water management). Archives of the Agricultural Board in Västernorrland County.
• Ålands lantmäteribyrå arkiv
• Frösåker, geometrisk karta Map of the manor Frösåker in Kärrbo parish, Västmanland county from the year 1650. Svea Court of Appeal.

Church buildings and cemeteries

• Karta över kyrkogård vid Tornehamn beläget inom Jukkasjärvi socken av Norrbottens län, 1901 Map of cemetery at Tornehamn located in Jukkasjärvi parish of Norrbotten county, 1901.
• Överintendentsämbetet, ritning synagogan i Göteborg, 1852 Drawing of the synagogue in Gothenburg, 1852.
• Överintendentsämbetet, ritningar över kyrkliga byggnader Drawings of church buildings.
• Fasad- och planritning, klocktorn i Karlshamn, 1811 Facade and floor plan, belfry in Karlshamn, 1811.

Printed city plans

• Tryckta stadsplaner Printed city plans. Collection of printed city plans of Swedish cities and communities. A few are from the 17th–18th centuries, but most are younger. (Only Stockholm, Jönköping and Gothenburg are digitized).

Collections

• Erik Dahlbergs samling Erik Dahlberg's collection. Maps and drawings, 17th century.
• Gabriel Bengtsson Oxenstiernas geometriska jordebok Gabriel Bengtsson Oxenstierna's geometric land book. Includes his estates in Uppland, Finland and Västergötland. 1653.
• Hermelinska samlingen
• Kartor och ritningar, utan känd proveniens Maps and drawings, without known provenance.
• Kungsboken Collection of maps inherited from the royal family from the time of Karl XI.
• Fredrik Adolf Wiblingens samling Small city maps.
• Treefalldigheetsfort in Nova Suecia Manuskriptsamlingen.
• Simon von Salingens karta över nordliga Europa 1601 Simon von Salingen's map of northern Europe 1601. Skolklostersamlingen.
• Ritning över hans maij:ts konung Carl den XII:tes hus vid Bender i Turkiet och vid byen Warnitza Drawing of his Majesty King Karl XII's house at Bender in Turkey. Staafsundsarkivet.
• Diplomatica. Kartor och ritningar Maps and drawings 16th century to 1794.