Tønsberg Parish, Vestfold, Norway Genealogy

Guide to Tønsberg, Norway ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

Church Records
Tønsberg clerical district contains parish registers from the parishes Our Lady, Vor Frue (Maria) and Sankt Laurentii from 1690 until 1810, when it was discontinued. Included Sem and Slagen parishes until 1739.

The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the.

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet:

Tønsberg: 1816-1969

Tønsberg / St. Laurentii: 1690-1809

Tønsberg / Vår Frue: 1688-1814

Sem / Slagen: 1702-1814, 1877-1937

Census Records

 * 1664-1666: Sogneprestenes manntall. Available online at Digitalerkivet


 * 1801: Folketelling 1 Feb 1801, Norge. The1801 census for Tønsberg city is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.  Also available online at Digitalarkivet.


 * 1865: Folketælling 31 December 1865. The 1865 census for Tønsberg city is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.  Also available online at Digitalarkivet; as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * 1875: Folketælling for kongeriget Norge den 31te December 1875. The 1875 census for Tønsberg city is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available on Digitalarkivet.


 * 1885: -teljinga for 0705 Tønsberg. The 1885 census for Tøndsberg is available in a searchable database online atDigitalarkivet.


 * 1891: Census. Available online at Digitalarkivet.


 * 1900: Folketælling for Norge, 3 Dec 1900. The 1900 census for Tønsberg city is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.  Also available online at Digitalarkivet; as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * 1910: Folketellingen for Norge den 1ste desember 1910. The 1910 census for Tønsberg city is available online at Digitalarkivet; as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

Probate Records
Holmestrand and Tønsberg judicial district *1696-1887 Family History Library

Probate collections for Tønsberg og Holmestrand at Digitalarkivet