Vest-Agder County, Norway Genealogy

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Guide to Vest-Agder County, Norway ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

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Vest-Agder is a county in Norway, bordering Rogaland to the west and Aust-Agder to the east. In 2002 there were 157,851 inhabitants, which is 3.4% of the total population in Norway. The county administration is in Kristiansand.

It is the southernmost county in Norway, extending inland from the North Sea and its arm, the Skagerrak. Most of the habitation lies along the coast, including the towns Kristiansand, Mandal, Flekkefjord, and Farsund. Some 31 fjords are located there. Shipping, commerce and recreation are the main industries. As the Gulf Stream touches the coast of Vest-Agder, it is also called "the Norwegian Riviera".


 * Vest-Agder fylke
 * Vest-Agder fylkeskommune

Government Offices and Sites

 * Vest-Agder fylkeskommune

Regions
Kristiansand includes Finsland, Kristiansand, Oddernes, Søgne, Tveit and Øvrebø clerical districts.

Kvinesdal and Sirdal includes Bakke, Fjotaland, Flekkefjord, Kvinesdal and Sirdal clerical districts.

Lista and Lyngdal includes Herad, Hægebostad, Lyngdal and Vanse (Lista) clerical districts.

Mandal and Audnedal includes Bjelland, Holum, Mandal, Nord-Audnedal, Sør-Audnedal and Åseral clerical districts.

Censuses

 * Mandal prosti, Prestemanntall 15, 1664 - 1666
 * Lista prosti, Prestemanntall 16, 1664 - 1666
 * Råbyggelag fogderi, Fogdemanntall 8, 1664 - 1665
 * Mandal fogderi, Fogdemanntall 9, 1664 - 1666
 * Lista fogderi, Fogdemanntall 10, 1664
 * 1801 Census
 * 1865 Census
 * 1875 Census Partial
 * Norway Census, 1875 FamilySearch database
 * 1885 Census (Cities only)
 * 1891 Census (scanned)
 * 1900 Census
 * 1910 Census

Church Records
Photos of churches in Vest-Agder

Land Records
1886 and 1838 land registers are found at The Norwegian Historical Data Centre. These are Excel files, which can be downloaded. The give the name of the farm, the farm owner, and the amount of tax. Both farms and sub-farms are included.

Passenger Lists

 * Emigranter over Kristiansand 1873-1930

Probate Records

 * Digitised probate records for Vest-Agder county
 * 1640-1903 - at | FamilySearch — index

Probate Jurisdictions

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Taxation
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