Swedish Almanacs from 1198 to 1805

The Almanac Office of the University of Helsinki has collected lists of names from the Swedish calendars and almanacs from the Middle Ages until the beginning of the 19th century, when Finland was part of Sweden.

The names appearing in the calendars and almanacs are listed in chronological and alphabetical order. There are about 1700 different names or forms of names in the lists.

In addition, a list of almanacs from which the names in the lists have been taken has been compiled as a separate list.

Read the article by Heikki Oja: Riikinruotsalaisten kalentereiden ja nimiluetteloiden esittely (pdf)

Some of the sources for the article can be found on the Almanac Office website:

Eino Nivanka, Suomalaisen almanakan nimipäivät ja kiinteät juhlapäivät vuosina 1705-1955, in Suomen almanakan juhlakirja, University of Helsinki and Weilin+Göös 1957.

4. Eric Burman, En liten Berättelse om alle de Namnen som uti Almanachen stå, i Almanach 1721-1730, Stockholm 1720-1729.

5. G.E. Klemming - G. Eneström, Sveriges kalendariska literatur, Norstedt 1878