# Import places in GEDCOM

**URL:** <https://gramps.discourse.group/t/import-places-in-gedcom/9306>\
**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** gedcom\
**Created:** [April 2, 2026, 7:36pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/import-places-in-gedcom/9306 "2026-04-02T19:36:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 2, 2026, 7:36pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/import-places-in-gedcom/9306/1 "2026-04-02T19:36:30Z")

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I’m really trying to get Gramps working, but I’m losing my temper… I have been using a Swedish program called [Genney](https://genny.se/). I have exported my tree as GEDCOM 5.5. Almost everything transferred correctly, but the places are a real mess! Everything is ‘unknown’ (not categorized as country, city, etc.). Nothing is nested, and I have duplicates. I can’t go through this manually as I have over 5,000 places. Is it supposed to be like this?

> 1 \_DNA (a)D3(a)  
> 2 \_VERI Y  
> 1 NAME xxxxxxxxxx /xxxxxxxxx/  
> 2 GIVN xxxxxxxx  
> 2 SURN xxxxxxxxxxxxx  
> 1 NAME xxxxxxxxx /xxxxxx/  
> 2 GIVN xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  
> 2 SURN xxxxxxxx  
> 2 RESN confidential  
> 2 SOUR (a)S1425(a)  
> 1 NAME /xxxxxxxxx/  
> 2 SURN xxxxxxxxx  
> 2 SOUR (a)S1425(a)  
> 3 QUAY 3  
> 1 SEX M  
> 1 RIN I15893  
> 1 RESI  
> 2 DATE 1980  
> 2 PLAC Arlöv, Burlöv, Malmöhus län  
> 3 MAP  
> 4 LATI N55.6367  
> 4 LONG E13.11315  
> 2 \_PLC (a)0(a)  
> 2 SOUR (a)S4239(a)  
> 3 PAGE [ArkivDigital: Störst i Sverige på släktforskning](https://www.arkivdigital.se/aid/show/r35.p254991002)  
> 3 QUAY 3

Im using Gramps AIO64-6.0.6–1 on Windows 11.

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