Copyright © Hans Högman 2020-01-10
Navy Roll Keeping Areas
(Sjörullföringsområden) 1902 -
1941
Navy Roll Keeping Areas
1902 - 1941
Navy Roll Keeping Areas
(Sjörullföringsområden) 1902 - 1941
The enrollment of navy draftees before 1901 was
done in their respective enrollment areas. However,
men already attached to one of the 30 “sjömanshus”
(mercantile marine offices) from 1902 were
organized in one of the six sjörullföringsområden
(Navy roll keeping areas – (draft boards)) then
established. This only applies to men employed by
the mercantile marine when drafted.
Between 1902 and 1927 there were 6 Navy roll
keeping areas; between 1927 and 1937 there were 4
and between 1938 and 1941 there were 5.
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1902 - 1925: Göteborg, Härnösand, Karlskrona,
Malmö, Stockholm and Strömstad
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1927 - 1937: Göteborg, Härnösand, Malmö och
Stockholm
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1938 - 1941: Göteborg, Härnösand, Karlskrona,
Malmö and Stockholm
The Navy roll keeping areas were disestablished
in 1942 and navy draftees were again enrolled in
the regular enrollment areas.
If you find an individual in the parish records with an
enrollment number
(inskrivningsnummer/värnpliktsnummer) with a roll
keeping area code with a value of 200 or greater
then this enrollment number is a Navy enrollment
number and the roll keeping area is a sjömanshus
(merchant marine office) beloning to a
sjörullföringsområde (Navy enrollment area). See
chart below.
Example:
We have an enrollment number; F 116 212/10 . If we
browse the chart below we will find that this
conscript was registered with Helsingborgs
sjömanshus (212) which in 1910 (10) belonged to
Malmö sjörullföringsområde (Malmö Navy
Enrollment Area), subordinated Karlskrona Naval
Station.
The “F” in front of the enrollment number means
Flottan (The Navy). Another character also used
was “M” which means Marinen (The Marine).
So, use the roll keeping area code of the enrollment
number, SSS RRR/YY where RRR is the roll keeping area
code. In the example above, 212 is the roll keeping area
code. Then browse the chart below until you find 212.
You will thereby have the name of the sjömanshus and
the Navy enrollment area it belonged to.
With the help of the Navy enrollment area it will be
possible to find out which Navy unit and naval
station the conscript served at by browsing the
individual stamkort/värnpliktskort (draft cards).
Then browse the draft cards of a roll keeping area in
the same area as where the sjömanshus was located.
In the above example we have a conscript seaman
registered by Helsingborgs sjömanshus (212) and a
good staring point is to begin browsing the records
at Helsingborg rullföringsområde, nr 6.
The Mercantile Marine Offices -
Sjömanshusen
Karlskrona Naval Station:
Göteborg sjörullföringsområde
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204 – Uddevalla sjömanshus
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205 – Marstrands sjömanshus
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206 – Kungälvs sjömanshus
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207 – Göteborgs sjömanshus
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208 – Lidköpings sjömanshus
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209 – Varbergs sjömanshus
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210 – Falkenbergs sjömanshus
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211 – Halmstads sjömanshus
Malmö sjörullföringsområde
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212 – Helsingborgs sjömanshus
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213 – Landskronas sjömanshus
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214 – Malmös sjömanshus
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215 – Trelleborgs sjömanshus
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216 -Ystads sjömanshus
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217 – Simrishamns sjömanshus
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218 – Kristianstads sjömanshus
Karlskrona sjörullföringsområde
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219 – Sölvesborgs sjömanshus
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220 – Karlshamns sjömanshus
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221 – Ronneby sjömanshus
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222 – Karlskrona sjömanshus
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223 – Kalmar sjömanshus
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224 – Oskarshamns sjömanshus
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225 – Västerviks sjömanshus
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226 – Söderköpings sjömanshus
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227 – Norrköpings sjömanshus
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228 – Linköpings sjömanshus
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229 – Vadstena sjömanshus
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230 – Jönköpings sjömanshus
Stockholm Naval Station
Strömstad rullföringsområde
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201 – Strömstads sjömanshus
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202 – Lysekils sjömanshus
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203 – Karlstads sjömanshus
Stockholm rullföringsområde
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231 – Nyköpings sjömanshus
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232 – Södertälje sjömanshus
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233 – Stockholms sjömanshus
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234 – Västerås sjömanshus
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235 – Uppsala sjömanshus
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236 – Visby sjömanshus
Härnösand rullföringsområde
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237 – Gävle sjömanshus
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238 – Söderhamns sjömanshus
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239 – Hudiksvalls sjömanshus
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240 – Sundsvalls sjömanshus
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241 – Härnösands sjömanshus
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242 – Örnsköldsviks sjömanshus
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243 – Umeå sjömanshus
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244 – Skellefteå sjömanshus
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245 – Piteå sjömanshus
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246 – Luleå sjömanshus
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247 – Haparanda sjömanshus
Example of a Navy Stamkort
(Värnpliktskort) for a Mercantile
Seaman
Navy Roll Keeping Area Code
Identify the roll keeping area code part in the
enrollment number. This code is next to last in the
enrollment number, just in front of the slash. For
example, if we have the enrollment number 116
212/10 the roll keeping area code is 212.
Use this code as a starting point in the chart below.
Browse the chart until you find the desired code. To
the right of the code in the chart you will find the
name of the Navy roll keeping area
(sjörullföringsområde).
In this example we have the code 212 which is
Helsingborgs sjömanshus (Helsingborg merchant
marine office) which in 1910 (10) belonged to Malmö
sjörullföringsområde (Malmö Navy Enrollment Area).
This navy enrollment area belonged to Karlskrona
Naval Station.
Above, page 1 of a stamkort/värnpliktskort for a
Navy draftee (see section 2 in the card above). This
draftee’s occupation was a seaman of the
mercantile marine (sjöman). His name is Sven
Mauritz Svensson, born in 1889, and was mustered
in 1910 (section 1 in the card above). Svensson’s
enrollment number (inskrivningsnummer) is F 116
212/1910 (F = Flottan - The Navy). Svensson was
enrolled as a draftee at Helsingborg
rullföringsområde (6) which then belonged to
Malmöhus norra inskrivningsområde (Se section 1
above). However, “212” means Helsingborg
sjömanshus beloning to Malmö sjörullföringsområde.
The reason for Svensson’s sjömanshus code (212)
instead of the regular roll keeping area code is his
occupation; mercantile seaman (sjöman) (see Yrke
(Occupation) in section 1 above).
Section 5 in the card above holds information about
the draftee’s periods of service; År (Years),
Tjänstgöringens benämning (type of service) and
Antal dagar (Number of days).
Svensson did his military service in the Navy doing
standard duties (Flottan i allmän tjänst), gun deck as
an artillery able seaman (däckavdelningen som
artillerimatros) for 300 days, which can be read at
section 2 above. Section 5 above tells us that
Svensson did military service at sea (till sjöss) 1910 -
1911.
Source reference: Malmöhus norra
inskrivningsområde (Io 6), Helsingborgs
rullföringsområde (Ro 6) (L, M) D3a:5 (1909-1911)
Bild 13990 (AID: v832198.b13990, NAD:
SE/KrA/0473/B06003Ö)
