Royal Commercial Collegium

The series includes yearly summary of issued passports for men and women within the realm of Sweden-Finland for both inland and outland travel. The information is organized by places of origin, such as towns and municipalities from which requests for passports were sent to state officials. Anyone who travelled needed a document to show that he or she was on legal business. Sometimes the documents include detailed descriptions of the route.

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Original source name : Kommerkollegium: Årsberättelser om pass för resande till utrikes- och vissa inrikes orter
English translation : Royal Commercial Collegium
Creator : Administration
Document- type 1 : identity documents
Document- type 2 : passenger list
Reference number : SE/RA/420132/2/C/C 2/C 2 E
Language(s) : Swedish, Finnish, Latin
Geographical coverage : Sweden and Finland, Europe, overseas
Time range : 18th-19thc.
Year(s) : 1761-1833
Theme 2 : statistics
Link to the item in the catalogue : https://sok.riksarkivet.se/arkiv/32aJGurH8KoJM399SIup70
Publication(s) : Lövgren, Anna-Brita, Staaten och folk på väg: Pass i Sverige från Gustav Vasas tid till 1860. Nordic Acaademic Press 2018.

Archive name : Riksarkivet
Archive name (English) : National Archives of Sweden
Archive address : Fyrverkarbacken 13, 112 60 Stockholm
City : Stockholm
Country : Sweden
Official website and institutional resources : http://www.riksarkivet.se/
Finding aid(s) : https://sok.riksarkivet.se/

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