Arendal Parish, Aust-Agder, Norway Genealogy

Europe Norway Aust-Agder County Arendal

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

Church Records
Microfilm at the for Arendal by (Arendal city). Contains priest and sexton records from Trinity parish in Arendal city. the Trinity parish was separated from Holt clerical district in 1705. Parish registers exists from 1703 until 1927.

For 1804 christenings see Øyestad

Digitized parish registers online at Digitalarkivet [Digital Archives]

Arendal: 1703-1939

Census Records

 * Sogneprestenes manntall 1664-1666. The 1664-1666 census for Holt prestegjeld (clerical district) includes Arendal, Tromøy, Austre Moland, Flosta, Dybvåg, Kristiansand and Holt and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. This census was taken by the local parish priests. It lists the name of the farms, names of farm owners (including widows), the sons of the farm owners, male farm hands, cottagers and their sons, and the ages of each person. There was another census taken by the civil authorities at this same time. Both censuses should be searched as they supplement each other. This clerical census is more complete.


 * Fogdernes og sorenskrivernes manntall 1664-1666. The 1664-1666 census for Holt prestegjeld (clerical district) includes Arendal, Holt, Tromøy, Austre Moland, Flosta and Dypvåg and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. This census was taken by the local civil authorities. It lists the names of the farms, farmowners (including widows), sons of farm owners, male farm hands, cottagers and sons of cottagers and the age of each person. The clerical authorities took a census during this same time period. Both censuses should be used as they supplement each other. The clerical census is more complete.


 * 1701: Manntall 1701 optatt av fogderi, sorenskrivere og sogneprester ifølge kongebrev av 26 juli 1701. This 1701 census for Arendal in Holt prestegjeld (clerical district) is availble on microfilm at the Family History Library. The census of 1701 was taken for military purposes. It lists only the males living in rural districts who were over the age of one year. It includes the farm name, name and age of the owner, names and ages of sons and servants. Also includes the residence of all unmarried males living away from home when the census was taken.   Census for Arendal local parish, August 1715 available online.


 * Manntall Arendal kirkesogn 1715


 * 1801: Folketelling 1 Feb 1801, Norge. The 1801 census for Arendal is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. The 1801 census (b. 33) for Arendal city lists the street name and number, person's name, position in the household, age, marital status, and occupation.

A typewritten edition with indexes is available on microfiche. It is called "Mikrokortutgåva av 1801-teljina".

Also available online in a searchable database at Digital Archives (Digitalarkivet).


 * 1815: 1815 folketelling for Arendal prestegjeld (Aust-Agder). The 1815 census for Arendal is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. The 1815 census for Arendal clerical district which includes Arendal city. Includes the head of household (or his widow), his wife, children, servants, sex, age and some miscellaneous information.


 * 1825: 1825 folketelling for Arendal prestegjeld (Aust-Agder).The 1825 census for Arendal is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. The 1825 census for Arendal clerical district which includes Arendal city. Includes the house numbers, head of houshold (or his widow), his wife, children, servants, number of people in each household, occupations, tenants, sex, age and some miscellaneous information.


 * 1835: 1835 folketelling for Arendal prestegjeld (Aust-Agder). The 1835 census for Arendal is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. The 1835 census for Arendal clerical district which includes Arendal city. Includes the house numbers, head of houshold (or his widow), his wife, children, servants, occupation, sex, age and some miscellaneous information.


 * 1846: 1846 folketelling for Arendal prestegjeld (Aust-Agder).  The 1846 census for Arendal is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. The 1846 census for Arendal clerical district which includes Arendal city. Includes the house numbers, head of houshold (or his widow), his wife, children, other family members staying in household, servants, occupation, sex, age and some miscellaneous information.


 * 1855: 1855 folketelling for Arendal prestegjeld (Aust-Agder). The 1855 census for Arendal is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. The 1855 census for Arendal clerical district which includes Arendal city. Includes the house numbers, head of houshold (or his widow), his wife, children, other family members staying in household, school teacher, servants, occupation, sex, age and some miscellaneous information.


 * 1865: Folketælling 31 December 1865. The 1865 census for Arendal is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. This census contains the persons name, residence, status in the family, occupation, sex, martial status, place of birth, religion if not a member of the state church, and other miscellaneous information. Each book usually contains one clerical district (prestegjeld). In some books there are two clerical districts recorded. The parishes and school districts in each clerical district are listed at the beginning of each book. Also available online at Digital Archives (Digitalarkviet)


 * 1875: Folketælling for kongeriget Norge den 31te December 1875. The 1875 census for Arendal is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. This 1875 census contains the persons name, residence, position in the family, occupation, sex, marital status, year of birth, place of birth, religion if not a member of the state church, and other miscellaneous information.


 * 1885: 1885 census for Arendal available online.


 * 1900: Folketælling for Norge, 3 Dec 1900. The 1900 census for Arendal is available on microfilm at the Familiy History Library. This census contains the persons name, sex, resident or temporary resident, temporarily absent and where person is, position in the family, marital status, occupation, year of birth, place of birth, citizenship, religion, and other miscellaneous information. Also available online in a searchable database at the Digital Archives (Digitalarkivet).


 * 1910: Søk i folketellingen fra 1910. Available in a searchable database at the Digital Archives(Digitalarkivet), as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre at the University of Tromsø in Norway.

Probate Records
Arendal and Risør city judicial district *1709-1779 Family History Library

Arendal city judicial district *1779-1880 Family History Library *1709-1911 Digitalarkivet