High Family History – High Family History

Welcome to High Family History!

Spanning nearly 20 generations, seven centuries, and totaling close to 1,900 pages across nine volumes, High Family History is the result of years of dedicated research into the Swedish American ancestry of the High family. This massive anthology begins with the story of the 19^th century patriarch and matriarch of the High family and leads back in time to medieval nobility in 13^th century Sweden.

Who Are The High Family?

The High family that is chronicled on this website are descendants of Sven Hög (1801-1847), a soldier who hailed from Jonköping County, Sweden, and his wife Anna Stina Johansdotter (1806-1861). Sven and Anna Stina had four children: Margareta, Gustaf Adolf, Sven Johan (John) and Sofia that survived infancy and immigrated to America, where they eventually settled in Nicollet County, Minnesota. Upon arriving in America, the four changed their surname to “High.”

Chronicling The High Family History

I have been researching the Swedish roots of the High family since 2006. In 2011, my series of books on the High family’s Swedish ancestors began shortly after I visited the area in southern Sweden where the High family’s Swedish ancestors lived. What I had initially planned on becoming a single book on the High family’s Swedish ancestors and their homeland expanded into a ten-volume set of books (nine of which have been written) on the High family’s Swedish ancestors, together with a 500+ page book on their homeland. I was able to trace the High family’s ancestry to the 13th century to my 20th great-grandfather, Nils in Långserum. At this point, I’m fairly certain that more has been written about the High family than any other Swedish American family in the English language!