Stories

In the winter of 1620, 237 Hungarian ducats disappeared from Albrecht Budde’s room. He spent three years trying to prove who had taken them. The court required a witness. There was none....

This year marks the 400th anniversary of the birth of Queen Kristina of Sweden. Here is what is happening across Europe to mark the occasion, and why Polmanarkivet is joining the celebration....

Stop letting hidden sources slip past. Learn how to speak Google's language with precise queries that surface portraits, records, and documents most researchers will never find....

The bones had lain hidden for nearly ten years before anyone found them. What followed was six years of court proceedings, a forged witness statement, a deathbed confession — and a captain who was already gone....

History remembers him as a Major who died for the Crown. But in 1635, Jöran Polman was a fugitive selling his wife's morning gift to escape a scandal — and leaving his widow to rewrite his legacy....

The rise, fall and complications of a uniquely Scandinavian relationship....

Exploring the origins and evolution of the winter holidays in erstwhile Estonia through historical information and reimagined scenes with some of our favourite characters....

The tale of an important guest house in Ryssby and the people who passed through....

Join us on a chronological journey of Tallinn through the 13th-19th centuries at some of the city's most enchanting landmarks....

A significant new tool from Riksarkivet is making millions of pages of handwritten documents searchable for the first time. Discover how this technology is changing Swedish genealogical research and what it means for Polmanarkivet....

In 1623, the field marshal Herman Wrangel commissioned life-sized portraits of his officers, which adorn the walls of the magnificent baroque castle Skokloster. But how did they get there?...

An exploration of the major seafaring powers active in the North and Baltic seas during the Middle Ages....