Other Collections Relevant to Norwegian History

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An excellent source with dozens of links to Norse chronicles, histories, sagas, eddas, and other texts.
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)
Provided by the Latvian National Library
(16th to 18th centuries; map facsimiles and descriptions)
Collection of historical maps of Norway.
(facsimiles)
  • Diplomatic Documents in the Norwegian National Archives
With documents drawn from various local, regional and national institutions.
Including records of Norwegian legations in:
China
Great Britain
Germany
Other countries - largely religious education

(17th-20th centuries; diplomatic materials & some materials from other ministries)

This catalogue lists all publicly available Menota texts.
(English interface)
Collection of historical maps of Europe.
(facsimiles; Hungarian)
The major vital data source for Norway. Sorted and searchable by type of record, county at the time of historical interest, county at present, etc. Includes:
Censuses
Mortgage books and records
Emigrant records
Geneological records
(Norwegian web interface)
Records of marriage, death and burial, and confirmations.
Ability to search the records by parish, year, and other options here.
(1773-1806; Norwegian facsimiles and transcriptions)
An extensive website on Norwegian emigration to America and on Norwegian-American history, with
photographs and prints, audio & video clips, full-text articles and books, bibliographies,
over 500 letters, maps, timelines and further links, assembled by the National Library.
(1825 to the present; Norwegian & English facsimiles and commentary)
at the University of Troms&oslash
A major source for census information with basic and advanced search interfaces in English.
(1865, 1875, 1900; searchable databases)
NOTE: By agreement, material in the Digital Archive is available at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre and vice versa.
Collection of historical documents on recent Norwegian history, especially in relation to Russia.
(Russian)
Books, films, maps, and photographs relating to Norwegian history.
(Norwegian and English)
(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)
A History of Nordic Travel
(16th to 20th centuries; facsimiles, transcriptions, maps, etc.)
Database of over 80,000 photographic images from Norwegian history.
The National Library's online image collection.
Collections
Special Exhibitions
Searchable photo database.
(Photos, Norwegian interface)
A volunteer effort to create free electronic editions of classic Nordic (Scandinavian) literature and make them openly available over the Internet.
(English and Swedish interface with transcriptions/facsimiles also in German, Norwegian, Finnish, Danish, etc)
(Photos, Norwegian interface)
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 transcriptions and photo facsimiles, some English interfaces)
Statistical figures and social indicators ranging from eating contests to education to the economy.
Also available in Norwegian, naturligvis.
(Transcriptions)
(Facsimiles)
Norwegian page of the World Documents Library.
(photos; facsimiles)
  • World Wonders Project: Norway
Norwegian heritage sites viewed with Google street view technology.
Bryggen
Røros Mining Town and the Circumference
(Interactive facsimile images)

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