Norway Biography

A biography is a history of a person's life. In a biography you may find an individual's birth, marriage, and death information and the names of family members. Use the information carefully because there may be inaccuracies.

Many brief biographies on the Norwegian peoples have been gathered and published in collective works, sometimes called biographical encyclopedias or dictionaries. These usually only include biographies of prominent Norwegian citizens. Others contain biographies of specific groups of people, such as military officers.

Collective biographies at the FamilySearch Library are generally listed in the Place search of the catalog under one of the following:


 * Norway - Biography
 * Norway, [County] - Biography
 * Norway, [County], [City] - Biography

You will also find some biographical information in Norwegian encyclopedias. See Norway Encyclopedias and Dictionaries for additional help.

General Works
Edv. Bull, Anders Krogvig, Gerhard Gran, et al., Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (Norwegian Biographical Encyclopedia), 19 Volumes. Kristiania, Norway: H. Aschehoug &amp; Co. W. Nygaard, 1923-83

Baillie, Laureen, ed. Scandinavian Biographical Index, New Jersey, NJ, USA: K.G. Sour, c1994. . This indexes two collections available on microfiche, (Danish, Norwegian, and Icelandic biographies) and  (Finnish and Swedish biographies).

Clergy

 * Norges Geistlighed siden 1814 (FamilySearch Digital Books)
 * Bergens Stifts Biskoper og Præster efter reformation (Google Books)
 * Svendsen, Bastian. Etterretninger om geistligheten i Akershus stift. (Digitalarkivet)
 * del 1, biskoper i Akershus stift
 * del 2, Christiania stiftsprosti
 * del 3.1, Bragernes og Kongsberg prostier
 * del 3.2, Jarlsberg, Larvik og Bamble prostier
 * del 4.1, Hammar bispedømme og prostier i Hedmark, Oppland og Buskerud
 * del 4.2, prostier i Østfold, Akershus og Hedmark


 * Biographiske Efterretninger om Geistligheden i Throndhjems Stift (Nasjonalbiblioteket)
 * Bergens Stifts Biskoper og Præster efter Reformationen : biografiske Efterretninger (Nasjonalbiblioteket)

Military

 * Ovenstad, Olai. Militærbiografier, den norske hærs officerer fra 18. Januar 1628 til 17. Mai 1814. Oslo, Norway : Norsk Slektshistorisk Forening, 1948-1949. 2 vols.
 * T. A. Topsøe-Jensen, Emil Marquard. Officerer i den dansk-norske søetat 1660-1814 og den danske søetat 1814-1932. Copenhagen, Denmark : H. Hagerup, 1935. 2 vols.