In the United States we usually list place names in FamilySearch as city, county, and state. For Swe

NelsonGenevieve

In the United States we usually list place names in FamilySearch as city, county, and state. For Sweden, which jurisdictions do we use? I am wondering how to enter a place name for Raus, Helsingborgs kn, Malmöhus, Skåne, Sweden.

How much of that do I enter? I do not know what the "kn" stands for.

Norm Baker

You should enter in this order (from small place to large): farm (if known), parish, county, country. For your example above since no farm is listed it would be Raus (parish), Malmöhus (county), Sweden (country).

 

From the Family Search Wiki article on Malmöhus we learn that "In 1669 the counties of Helsingborg and Landskrona were combined to create Malmöhus County. In 1720, Malmöhus became a county of the Kingdom of Sweden. In 1997 the counties of Malmöhus and Kristianstad were combined into Skåne County." See here for that article: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Malmöhus_County,_Sweden_Genealogy .

 

Check out this article in Family Search Wiki: https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/article/how-do-i-enter-dates-and-places-into-family-tree .

 

NelsonGenevieve

Thank you very much!