Mandal Parish, Vest-Agder, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Mandal clerical district contains priest and sexton records from the parishes Halse (Halsaa) with Mandal city and Harkmark and Laudal and Øyslebø in Mandal clerical district. They were separated from Holum clerical district in 1788, when Halse with Mandal and Hartmark became its own clerical district. Holum was included in Mandal clerical district in 1970 with combined church with Mandal city.

Microfilm at the cover the years 1729-1931.

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet.

Holum / Mandal: 1720-1817

Mandal / Halse, Mandal: 1783-1818

Mandal / Halse, Harkmark: 1817-1890

Mandal / Halse, Mandal: 1880-1926

Mandal / Mandal: 1918-1974

Census Records
The 1664-1666 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. Original manuscripts on microfilm.


 * 1664-1666: Sogneprestenes manntall 1664-1666 Mandal


 * 1663-1666: Manntall 1663-66 for Lister prosti Database at Digitalarkivet.

The 1664-1666 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. Original manuscripts on microfilm.


 * 1664-1666: Fogdernes og sorenskrivernes manntall 1664-1666 Mandal


 * 1664-1666: Manntall 1663-66 for Lister Bailiff Database at Digitalarkivet.

The 1801 census (b. 34) for Mandal clerical district includes Halse, Harkmark, and Mandal parishes. It lists the farm name, person's name, position in the household, age, marital status, and occupation.


 * 1801: Folketelling 1 Feb 1801, Norge Mandal


 * 1801: 1801-telling for 1002 Mandal Database at Digitalarkivet.


 * 1801 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)

The 1865 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. Original manuscripts on microfilm.


 * 1865: Folketælling 31 December 1865 Mandal


 * 1865: 1865-telling for 1002 Mandal Database at Digitalarkivet.
 * 1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)

The 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. Original manuscripts on microfilm.


 * 1875: Folketælling for kongeriget Norge den 31te December 1875 Mandal


 * 1875 census for Mandal (Vest-Agder) 1875-telling for 1002 Mandal Database at Digitalarkivet.
 * 1875 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1885: 1885-teljinga for 1002 Mandal Database at Digitalarkivet.


 * 1891: 1885-teljinga for 1002 Mandal Database at Digitalarkivet.

The 1900 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. Original manuscripts on microfilm.


 * 1900: Folketælling for Norge, 3 Dec 1900 Mandal


 * 1900: 1900-telling for 1002 Mandal Database at Digitalarkivet.


 * 1910: Folketellingen 1910

Database at Digitalarkivet.

Probate Records
Mandal judicial district *1667-1887 Family History Library *1667-1834 Digitalarkivet

Kristianstad deanery *1771-1810 Family History Library *1771-1810 Digitalarkivet