Record Atlas
15 FamilySearch collections · 1 archive · 16 places · 1634–1958

Norway

Where the records of Norway are, who holds them, and what it costs to look. 31,134,201 indexed records reachable through FamilySearch alone.

Where to start in Norway

1 of the 1 checked source here can be opened tonight. 1is free images with no account. On top of that, 9 worldwide services reach Norway without a subscription.

Write to Digitalarkivet for what is not online. FamilySearch has 15 collections covering it, running 1634–1958, 31,134,201 indexed records. One piece of this ground is mapped for jurisdiction, so the atlas can say whose archive held it in a given year.

16 places placed, 2 volumes walked. Open Norway on the map, or tell us what is missing.

Whose archive this ground was

Record regions mapped in Norway — which empire held the ground, and therefore which archive holds its paper.

  • Norway 3 eras Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Tromsø, the western fjords

The archives

  • Digitalarkivet free Oslo, Norway

    The Norwegian National Archives, free and largely indexed — censuses, parish registers, emigration lists.

And 12 worldwide providers reach Norway too — the full list.

15 FamilySearch collections

Grouped by the ground each one covers, nationwide. A free account opens the images; some are restricted to a Family History Centre.

Norway — nationwide 15

2 more collections, contributed

A directory David assembled, sorted by what kind of record each one is. Read this differently from the rest of the page. The descriptions are his, not an archive's catalogue, and nobody here has opened the volumes behind them. Every link was tried on 2026-09-20 and answered; the ones that did not are not listed.

Church and parish registers 1
Censuses and population lists 1
Probate, land and notarial 1
Immigration and emigration 1
Cemeteries and burials 1

16 places, 2 volumes

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