Denmark, Census, 1911

What is in This Collection?

This collection is an index & images to the enumeration of all persons in the Kingdom of Denmark on 1 February 1911. This index was created by MyHeritage from images provided by the National Archives of Denmark.

This census was taken for the countries of Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Greenland and the Danish West Indies. The enumeration for Denmark was divided into three sections: Copenhagen city, other cities, and rural areas. This collection includes only the records for Denmark. Different forms were used for Copenhagen city, other cities and rural areas. The samples below show all three forms.

The National Archives of Denmark has cataloged this census with Danmarks Statistik (Dennmark Statistical Office) as the responsible government office. More information about the records created by this office can be found at the National Archives of Denmark's online catalog, Daisy.

Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.

Reading These Records

These records are written in Danish. For help reading them see:

• Denmark Language and Languages
• Danish Genealogical Word List
• Denmark Handwriting
• Danish Genealogical Word List October 2010 (PDF)

What Can These Records Tell Me?

This census forms contain the following information.

Main List

Column (Danish)	Column (English)	Rural	City	Copenhagen
Byernes eller Stedernes Navne, Matr.-Nr.	Village or place name, tax registration number	X
Forhus, Sidehus, Mellembygning, Bagbygn	Front house, side house, main building, rear building		X	X
Familiernes Løbenumre	Consecutive family number	X	X	X
Samtlige Personers Navn	Persons's name	X	X	X
Kønnet	Gender	X	X	X
Fødselsdag og Fødselsaar	Birthdate and birth year	X	X	X
Ægteskabelig Stilling	Marital status	X	X	X
Trossamfund	Religion	X	X	X
Fødested	Birthplace	X	X	X
Hvilket Aar taget Bopæl i Sognet	What year take residence in this parish	X	X	X
Sidste Bopæl	Previous residence	X	X	X
Stilling i Familien	Position in family	X	X	X
Erhverv	Occupation	X	X	X
Navn og Virksomhed	Employer and type of business	X	X	X
Købstad eller Landsogn hvori Arbejdsstedet ligger	City or parish where employed	X	X	X
Navnet paa den Kommune tillige gade og husnummer, hvor Arbejdsstedet ligger	Name of municipality, street and house number where employed			X
Navnet paa den Købstad eller det Landsogn, hvor Arbejdsstedet ligger	Name of city, street and house number where employed	X	X
Hvor lang Tid bruger De almindeligvis til at naa fra Bolig til Arbejdssted	How long does it take you to get to work	X	X
Befordringsmidlet	Means of transportation to work	X	X	X
Døvstum, Blind, Aandsvag, Sindssyg	Deaf, blind, retarded or insane			X
Anmærkinger	Comments	X	X	X

Persons Temporarily Absent

Column Heading (Danish)	Column Heading (English)	Rural	Cities	Copenhagen
Forhus, Sidehus, Mellembygning eller Bagbygning. Etage	Front house, side house, between or rear building. Floor		X	X
Stedets Betgnelse	Place's Designation	X
Personernes Navn	Person's Name	X	X	X
Kønnet - Mandkøn (M), Kvindekøn (K)	Sex - Male (M), Female (K)	X	X	X
Fødselsaar og Fødselsdag	Birth year and birth date	X	X	X
Ægteskabelig Stilling - Ugift (U), Gift (G), Enkem. eller Enke (E), Separeret (S), Fraskilt (F)	Marital Status - Unmarried (U), Married (G), Widower or widow (E), Separated (S), Divorced (F)	X	X	X
Trossamfund	Religion		X	X
Fødested	Birthplace		X	X
Stilling i Familien: Husfader, Husmoder, Barn, Slægtning o.l., Tjenestetyende, Pensionær, Logerende	Position in the family: head of household, housewife, child, relative and similar, hired help, pensioner, lodger	X	X	X
Erhverv	Occupation	X	X	X
Døvstum (D), Blind (B), Aandsvag (A), Sindssyg (S)	Deaf and dumb (D), Blind (B), Mentally deficient (A), Insane (S)		X	X
Midlertidigt Opholdssted	Temporary residence	X	X	X
Anmærkinger	Remarks	X	X	X

Collection Content

For additional details about these records and help using them see Denmark, Censuses - FamilySearch Historical Records

Sample Images

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  Copenhagen City - Copenhagen City, Vestervold kvarter, Reventlowsgades rode, Colbjørnsensgade, matrikel-nr 130, gade-nr 13

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  City - Helsingør city, Gammel Banegaardsvej

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  Rural - Vejle county, Norvang Tørrild district, Vindelev parish

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  Købstad-liste, Aarhus city, Aarhus county, Store Torv gade

Digital Folder Number List

This collection contains a digital browse. Only the DGS numbers are displayed. A list showing the contents of each of the DGS numbers can be found at Denmark Census, 1911 Digital Folder Number List.