About Säfsnäs

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• Säfsnäs parish is in the old province of Dalarna. The county was formerly known as Kopparberg County. Today it is Dalarna County. The County Code is (W).
• Säfsnäs had its own chapel within Nås parish from 1748, and was split off as its own pastorate in 1798.
• Säfsnäs is in Ludvika municipality since 1971
• The Wikipedia page for Säfsnäs as a parish is only in Swedish. On the other hand there is a substantial article in English about Fredriksberg

Parishes surrounding Säfsnäs

• Äppelbo - About Äppelbo
• Järna - About Järna
• Nås - About Nås
• Floda - About Floda
• Grangärde - About Grangärde
• Hällefors in Örebro County
• Gåsborn in Värmland
• Rämmen in Värmland

Maps

• Säfsnäs church in Fredriksberg Google map - more likely to have street view for main roads
• Säfsnäs Eniro map - more likely to have many of the old village names
• Presentday map of Säfsnäs församling
• Historical maps at Lantmäteriet
• Kopparberg County Parishes overview map at FamilySearch.

Church records

Church records for Säfsnäs start in 1748, when the parish was split off from Nås.

• Säfsnäs church records at Riksarkivet SVAR
• General information about church records in the National Archives
• NAD Nr SE/ULA/11506
• Arkiv Digital, Kopparberg County (paysite with excellent digitizations)