Search in the Soldier Register
General search tips
Please note that this database only shows a limited number of
fields and information about the soldier. There is probability more
information about the soldier and his family. Therefore, contact the
local registry, which registered the information, to obtain a Soldiers
Document with more information. The contact information to the local
registry appears under the information about the soldier.
The fields for Soldier's name, Surname, Regiment,
Company, Rote and Parish have
automatic truncation. If you search for part of a name, both the first
name and the family name are displayed. Example: Search for Holm
and all records containing the phrase Holm will
be displayed. For example Holmgren, Holmkvist, Söderholm,
Cederholm, etc. Search the placeRyd and
all places containing Ryd will be displayed for
example Bankeryd, Ryda, Göteryd, Långaryd etc.
All fields can be combined when searching. Try to limit the
search by searching on several fields at the same time. All records are
listed alphabetically by soldier's last name and first name. The search
results are displayed below the search boxes. Reset the search boxes
with the Clear button. Click on a line in the
search list to display the full record with other information about the
soldier.
Questions About the Database
If you have any questions regarding the contents of the
database please send questions to the Central Soldier Register soldat@soldatreg.se.
Soldier's Name
Automatic truncation. The soldier's first and last name are registered
in the same field in the order last name first name
with a space between the last name and the first name. No comma between
first and last name. Search by either the last name or the first name
or both at the same time with spaces between the names. Example: abborre
johan . The system is not case sensitive.
Wildcards in Name Fields
Wildcards are used to replace certain letters in e.g. a name
if the name can be spelled in different ways. Below are some examples.
- Search all records that contain the soldier name Blom and
the first name begins with B: Blom B%
- Search all records that contain the soldier name/word Blom
and one of the first names is Gustaf or Gustaf: Blom% Gusta%
- Search all records that contain both the letters f and v in
the soldier's name, e.g. Gustafsson and Gustavsson: Gusta_sson
(underlined) or Gusta[fv]sson (fv in square brackets) or
- Find all records where the soldier's name contains the
letter f but not v in the soldier's name: Gusta[!f]sson (exclamation
mark and the letter f in square brackets.
- Search all records that contain both the letters f and v in
the soldier's name, e.g. Gustafsson and Gustavsson where the first name
starts with J: Gusta_sson J%.
Family Name
Automatic truncation. The family name is the soldier's
patronymic, the soldier's father's name that the soldier had before
receiving his soldier’s name. The field contains only the last
name/patronymic.
Year of Birth, Death, Enlisted and Discharged
Search on the year, not the date. Only the year of birth,
death, Enlisted and Discharged are shown.
Regiment
Automatic truncation. In order not to burden the search and
get a large number of entries in the search result, avoid searching
only on the word regiment. The word regiment is
included in almost all regimental names, although in different
combinations. A list of all regiments registered in the database is
available on the Regiment
page.
Company
Automatic truncation. The name of the company is registered
according to C Grill's spelling/designation.
File
Automatic truncation. The File name is registered with modern
spelling if the spelling differs from C Grill's information.
The Parish
Automatic truncation. The name of the parish is recorded with
modern spelling.