Other Collections Relevant to Norwegian History
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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)
- Provided by the Latvian National Library
- (16th to 18th centuries; map facsimiles and descriptions)
- 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)
See also Norwegian Emigration to USA -- 1825-2000 sponsored by the Digital Archive at the University of Bergen.
(Facsimiles, images, commentary)
- Arkivverket: Digitalarkivet / The National Archives' Digital Archive
- The major vital data source for Norway
- Sorted and searchable by type of record, county at the time of historical interest, county at present and 100 most recent databases.
- (1660 to present; searchable databases)
- The Norwegian Historical Data Centre at the University of Tromsø
- 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.
- Includes primary and secondary documents, provided by Don Mabry.
- (Transcriptions, facsimiles and commentaries, mostly in English)
- (Gradually the Land Became Our Own)
- An interactive connection of images, documents and commentary.
- (10,000 BCE to the present; images, video clips, facsimiles and commentary)
- Utflykten: 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, with
- monarchs, other portraits, groups, landscapes, postcards, and more.
- A portal for photos of historical sites in Norway, searchable by area, by type of site, and by age of site
- (Medieval to present)
- 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 elections to education to the economy.
- Also available in Norwegian, naturligvis.
- (Transcriptions).
- (Facsimiles).
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EuroDocs Creator: Richard Hacken, European Studies Bibliographer,
Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.
Feel free to get in touch: Hacken @ byu.edu
