Multi-Generation Register

Statistics Sweden (SCB)
HDB-0449

Sweden's Multi-Generation Register contains data on more than nine million individuals with family relationships, recording connections between biological and adoptive parents and children for those born from 1932 onwards. The register enables demographic and epidemiological research on familial patterns and intergenerational health outcomes.

Category
Open dataset
Access
Credentialed
Region
Nordic — Sweden
Coverage
Sweden, index persons born from 1932 onwards or alive on January 1, 1961, 97% maternal, 95% paternal links
Data types
family relationships, parent-child linkages, adoption status, demographic data

Record HDB-0449 · last verified 2026-08-23 · listed in Open datasets

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