Kristiansund Parish, Møre og Romsdal, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Microfilm at the for Kristiansund prestegjeld (clerical district). Contains parish registers for the parishes Kristiansund, Frei (Fredøe) and Grip. Kristiansund and Grip were separated from Kvernes clerical district and Frei from Tingvoll clerical district in 1827. For earlier records see the above mentioned clerical districts. Registers for the years 1842 to 1897 were damaged by fire. Parish registers from 1731-1950. The islands on which Kristiansund is located belonged to Bremsnes local parish in Kvernes clerical district in 1589, but in 1707 was granted permission to build a church in Lillefosen (Kristiansund), but their parish was still in Bremsnes.

See also Tingvoll clerical district pre-1827.

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet:

Best man's statement, Kristiansund / Frei, Grip, Kristiansund: 1828-1900

Kristiansund / Kristiansund: 1880-1950

Kristiansund / Frei, Grip, Kristiansund: 1832-1879

Banns: Kvernes / Bremsnes, Grip, Kornstad, Kristiansund, Kvernes: 1929-1947

Kvernes / Bremsnes, Grip, Kornstad, Kristiansund, Kvernes: 1737-1845

Kvernes / Kristiansund: 1731-1832

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Kristiansund Branch: 1904-1923

Census Records

 * Vicar's Census 1664-1666, no. 27: Romsdal at Digitalarkivet.


 * Bailiff's Census 1664-1666, no. 17: Nordmøre fogderi at Digitalarkivet.


 * 1701 census (manntall) 1701, no. 11: Nordmøre fogderi and Romsdal fogderi Digital Archives 


 * Folketellingen den 1ste februar 1801, Norge. The 1801 census for Kristiansund city is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digital Archives. (Kristiansund is listed with Kvernes in the 1801 census in the Digital Archives).


 * Folketelling 1835 og 1845 for Kristiansund prestegjeld (Møre og Romsdal). The 1835 census for Kristiansund includes the parishes of Kristiansund, Frei, Grip and Gjemnes. The 1845 census for Kristiansund includes the parishes of Kristiansund, Frei, Grip, Straumsnes and Gjemnes. They are available on microfilm at the Family History Library.


 * Folketellingen 1825, 1835, 1845, og 1855 for Kvernes prestegjeld (Møre og Romsdal). The 1825, 1835, 1845, 1855 for Kvernes clerical district includes the parishes of Kristiansund, Kvernes, Bremsnes, Kornstad, Eide, Tingvoll, Surnadal, Stangvik, Sunndal, Edøy, Aure and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.


 * Folketellingen den 31te desember 1865. The 1865 census for Kristiansund is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digital Archives as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * (another filming) Folketellingen den 31te desember 1865. The 1865 census for Kristiansund is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.
 * 1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * Folketellingen for kongeriget Norge den 31te desember 1875. The 1875 census for Kristiansund is available on microfilm at the Family History Library as well as online at Digital Archives  Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives)


 * 1885 census for Kristiansund (Møre og Romsdal) Digital Archives 


 * 1891 census for Kristiansund (Møre og Romsdal) Digital Archives 


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 3dje desember 1900. The 1900 census for Kristiansund is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digital Archives for Kristiansund,, as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 1ste desember 1910. The 1910 census for Kristiansund is available online at Digitl Archives as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

Probate Records
1742-1857: Probates are found in Kristiansund city judicial district.

Before 1742 see Trondheim Sør-Trøndelag and also

Nordmøre judicial districts.

1697-1812: Clerical probates are found in Nordmøre Deanery