Norway, Census, 1865

This collection contains records from the 1865 Norway Census which was held on 31 December 1865. The 1865 census contains just over 1.6 million names of individuals who were residing in Norway at that time. This census introduced the self-count system which required landlords in urban areas to personally complete the census forms. These were collected at a district level. New questions asked in this census were: place of birth, and religious affiliation.