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Peter Sjölund - DNA Detective
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Expert in Genetic Genealogy, speaker and writer. Founder of the Swedish DNA Team. Honorary Doctor at the Mid Sweden University. And, when I have time, passionate landscape photographer.
Me and my camera revisited the stream where my ancestors built a saw mill 300 years ago. That was the start of the city Kramfors, where I grew up. I whish they would have had a camera back then to show us what it looked like at the time.
November 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I found this lovely tree on a trip to southern Sweden. Pure autumn love🍁😊
November 9, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I love to capture images of Church buildings in Sweden. Many of them are spectacular! This is the chapel in Vivstavarv captured with my infrared camera.
October 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Visited the ”art museum” of our ancestors in mid-Sweden. Their 8000 years old rock carvings show that elks was very important in their world.
August 13, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I visited the octagonal church in Själevad, Sweden, where my GGGGGGGGGGG Grandfather was the vicar in the late 1500s. Captured this image with my infrared camera.
July 19, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Soothing pastel colours tonight at the High Coast of Sweden. #Knivsjömalen
April 21, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Genetic genealogy on Netflix! A new mini series based on when I solved the Linköping double murder in Sweden.

The actor acting as me portrays a real genealogy nerd😅

The series is low-key but picks upp speed when the star - the genealogist - enters at the end of episode two😊
January 7, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Early winter in Sweden. Lake Åre acting as a mirror.
December 16, 2024 at 2:36 PM
Very cold to capture this icy shore in the High Coast of Sweden. But this beauty was definitely worth the pain in my frozen fingers.
December 1, 2024 at 1:33 PM
I found this cold gem resting on the sea ice. I felt like entering a new universe. #highcoastofsweden
November 30, 2024 at 9:34 AM
Cold morning here in Sweden created cool art on our old window panes
November 25, 2024 at 8:44 PM
A second dag of presenting at the genealogy conference in Oslo. This time about how to expose fake family trees with the help of Y-DNA. Always great to meet the nice Norwegian genealogists😊
November 18, 2024 at 4:00 AM
Presenting in Oslo today and emphasizing the value of American DNA matches when identifying unknown parents in Scandinavia. They are often like laser beams with a single root where the DNA could have come from.
November 15, 2024 at 7:20 PM
Just returned from recording genealogy TV in the midnight sun of northern Norway☀️😊
June 30, 2024 at 9:23 AM
I’ve just spent a week in Arizona and New Mexico with my camera. I was lucky to capture the magical Monument Valley under a full moon.
November 11, 2023 at 8:19 AM
There are few places as beautiful as the High Coast of Sweden. Happy to live here, so close to the endless photo op's.
October 13, 2023 at 11:02 AM
I love my infrared camera :-) This is Djurgårdsbrunnskanalen in Stockholm.
October 13, 2023 at 10:58 AM
Longing for spring and to be able to catch more abstract spring green images, like these birch trees that I captured in the High Coast of Sweden.
October 13, 2023 at 10:56 AM