Links to website Homepage Get data Introduction The Roteman Archives contains population records. The Roteman Institution was established under a government ordinance from November 10, 1876, as well as a decision of the Stockholm City Council from June 1, 1877. On January 1, 1878, Stockholm was divided into 16 wards, called rotar, with about 8,000 to 10,000 inhabitants each. Every rote was assigned one roteman who administered the work of the Roteman office. This roteman population registration system was in operation for nearly 50 years (1878–1926). By 1926, when the system was abolished, the number of wards had increased to 36 due to the population increases and to the incorporation of two suburban parishes into the city. Shortname TRD IDS compatible No Period 1878 - 1926 Territory Stockholm, Sweden Contact information Web Address www.ssa.stockholm.se/ Location Stockholm City Archives Postal Address Kungsklippan 6, Box 22063, SE-104 22 Stockholm Contact Persons Mats Hayen mats.hayen@ssa.stockholm.se Scope / Status Original goal Digitally transferring the approximately 5 to 6 million personal records in the Roteman Archives into digital form. Work started in the late 1970s and currently 4 million entries have been digitized. The entries in the current database refer to around 1 million individuals. The work is carried out with the explicit intent of both saving the original source and at the same time making it more accessible to the general public. Sample definition No sampling. Digitization is total and carried out in territorial order, slowly adding new rotar (wards) to the database. Geographic area under observation The area in red show the current territorial limits of the Roteman database. The city of Stockholm is built on a number of islands. In the south is the large island of Södermalm, to the west lies Kungsholmen, and the central island of Stadsholmen (or Gamla Stan) is the old medieval centre of the city. The area to the north of the centre is called Norrmalm. The northern part of Norrmalm and the eastern section (Östermalm) are currently being digitized. Realized parts Today we have approximately 70 percent of the entire source material in the database. In ten years time we will hopefully reach 100 percent. Sources Sources From yearEnd yearSourceExplanationPDF Baptisms Births were recorded by the rotemen. Marriages from church registers Marriages were recorded by the rotemen. Burials Deaths were recorded by the rotemen. 1878 1926 Civil population registers The information is continuous and not cross-sectional (as in Population registers ‘continuous’ maintained by a church). They are however not maintained by a church, but by the municipal authorities. Census It is possible to choose any date of the year and thereby “create” a census table out of the database. Observations Units of observation Unit of observation ExplanationNumber Individuals For this and all below observation is only possible as long as the unit under study remains in the territory covered by the database. 1,000,000 Married couples Approximately. 250,000 Families Approximately. 200,000 Households Approximately. 200,000 Are there any related observations that are not included in the database? Occasionally but not systematically. How do the units of observation enter observation? By being born or migrating into the area. How do the units of observation leave observation? By dying or migrating out of the area. Dates estimated No. Are some entry or exit dates unknown? A limited number. Can observations be linked to geographic locations? Yes Are the dates and locations of movements within the observation area recorded? Yes Are all individuals who lived in the households of sample members recorded? Yes Variables Events TypeDatedExplanation Birth Yes Marriage Yes In some cases only partial dates. Death Yes Migration Yes In some cases only partial dates. Four different types of moves: Inside ward, Outside ward, Outside Stockholm, Outside Sweden. Coding / Reference systems Occupational titles: HISCO and Hisclass. Locations (including geo-referenced systems): MapInfo. Kinship relations Recording As a relation to the head of household. Depth of information Kinship relations can be reconstructed using the IDs of mothers, fathers and children and thus connecting up to three or four generations (this is limited by the fact that the database only covers 49 years). Comparability No, all information is comparable. Publications Publications - N/A
