Norway, Census, 1875

The 1875 census contains the person's name, sex, whether resident or temporary resident, those absent from the parish and their location at the time of the census, position in the family, occupation, marital status, year of birth, place of birth, religion if a person did not belong to the state church, and other miscellaneous information. The index lists (hovedlister) are statistical records. They also list the names of the census takers and the names of businesses and farm owners. This collection contains partial content from Akershus, Hedmark, and Østfold. Currently this collection is 30% complete. Additional records will be added as they are completed.

Cite This Collection

"Norway, Census, 1875." Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 10 December 2025. Riksarkivet, Oslo (National Archives, Oslo).

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