Norway 1397 - 1814

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Online medieval Norwegian diplomas provided by the Dokumentasjons Prosjektet.
Searching is by keyword or (more practical for browsing) by volume and page number.
(1050-1590; Old Norse, Latin, Swedish, Middle High German, and other language transcriptions)
Medieval Norwegian laws (digitized by the Danish Royal Library)
(1300-1600; facsimiles)
Short Latin history of Norway from early 16th century.
(1500-1510; English translation)
(Scandinavian literature, sagas and chronicles; transcriptions)
From the DeGreorio Collection of Antiquities in cooperation with ARTSTOR.
(1530-1580; facsimile)
Maps of the North Atlantic from "Vinland" to Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Denmark.
Digitized by the Danish Royal Library.
(1570; facsimiles)
One of the earliest maps of the Scandinavian peninsula.
(1572; zoomable map)
Click on "KILDENE"
Full text manuscripts selected as part of an online course in reading Gothic script.
Digitized by the history faculty at the University of Bergen.
(1594-1878; manuscript facsimiles)
Hekser og trolldom i Finnmark.
Records of 3 people convicted of witchcraft, includes court documents.
(1600s; Norwegian facsimiles)
(1604; facsimile of 1855 printing)
(1620-1813; Norwegian facsimiles)
Treaty ending the Second Northern War.
(1658; Danish)
The major vital data source for Norway
Sorted and searchable by type of record, county at the time of historical interest, and county at present
(1660 to present; searchable databases)
(14 November 1665; transcription)
(1670-1699; facsimile of Schous Forordninger printed in 1795)
Digitized court proceedings from selected areas
Now accessible in a searchable database.
An English-language description is available.
(1680-1687; transcriptions)
(15 April 1687; transcription)
Treaty between Denmark-Norway and Sweden during the Great Northern War.
(August 19, 1700; German)
Map of the kingdoms of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden around the beginning of the 18th century.
(Circa 1700; zoomable map)
Provided by Lovdata website's Gjeldende Lover (Laws in Force).
(Transcriptions)
Presented by the National Library of Norway.
(1716-1718; facsimiles & commentary).
A selection of documentary sources by and about Gjest Baardsen,
a famous criminal and escape artist in early 19th century Norway.
(1791-1849; facsimiles and transcriptions)
Diary entries from the time the constitutional convention was held in Eidsvoll (Akershus).
(January-December 1814; facsimile)
The election in Kongsberg church from the Book of the Magistrates. The election of representatives to the Eidsvoll National Assembly would take place in churches around the country, and in Kongsberg church the election took place during an extraordinary service.
Norwegian description with link to entire source.
(March 1814; Norwegian, Danish; facsimile)
The Constitution of 1814 (Grunnlova or Grundlov) as originally drawn up at Eidsvoll.
(17 May 1814; transcription)
See also The Eidsvoll Diaries of 1814
(1814; transcriptions)
The 1814 Constitution as updated through the present;
Provided by Lovdata website's Gjeldende Lover (Laws in Force).
(17 May, 1814; transcriptions)
Original version of 1814.
Provided by Stortinget, the national parliament.
(17 May 1814; English translation)

See also

(Gradually the Land Became Our Own)
An interactive connection of images, documents and commentary.
(10,000 BC to the present; images, video clips, facsimiles and commentary)
(Facsimiles).
A major digitization project of the holdings of the Norwegian Folk Museum.
Reproductions of over 200,000 artifacts and photographs from the collection.
(Facsimiles and photographs in a searchable database)
A project for documenting Norwegian history
through various types of documents & databases.
It is particularly strong in documenting court proceedings & protocols,
but is equally impressive in medieval materials and Norwegian place names.
(Norwegian transcriptions and photo facsimiles, some English interfaces).

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