Frederiksborg County, Denmark Genealogy

Guide to Frederiksborg ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

History
Frederiksborg County is a former county in the north of the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. Effective January 1, 2007, the county was abolished and merged into Region Hovedstaden (Copenhagen Capital Region). 

Archives, Societies, and Libraries
Many records from places in Frederiksbog County are held by the Danish State Archives in Copenhagen. Records are also available from the State Archives' website ArkivalierOnline.

How to Find Birth, Marriage, and Death Information
Instructions for finding records are found on the individual parish pages, linked to the clickable map and parish list below. .

Districts

 * Holbo Herred
 * Horns Herred
 * Lynge-Frederiksborg Herred
 * Lynge-Kronborg Herred
 * Strø Herred
 * Ølstykke Herred

Parishes
Click here for a color-blind friendly version of this map. The map below is based on 1880 county/parish boundaries.

Census Records

 * 1771 1771 Frederiksborg Census at Sall Data - index
 * 1771 Oeders Efterretninger 1771 at ddd.dda.dk - data of of married couples, widowers and widows for Zealand, Amager, Møn and Bornholm
 * 1834 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images
 * 1835 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1840 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1845 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1850 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1855 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1860 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1870 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1880 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1890 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1901 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1906 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1911 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1916 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1921 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1925 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1930 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images

Church Records

 * 1484-1941 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images

Military

 * 1789-1792 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images

Probate Records

 * 1674-1851 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images

Tax Records

 * 1660 Census of Peasants: Abrahamstrup Fief


 * 1660 Census of Peasants: Frederiksborg Fief


 * 1660 Census of Peasants: Kronborg Fief

Court Records
This table lists records available from one or more courts (birk) in the county. The description in the Protocol column is from the FamilySearch Library Catalog note, and may not always be the same as the description given by the National Archives of Denmark.

At present these films have not all been digitized by FamilySearch, but many are available through the National Archive's ArkivalierOnline site. Links in the ArkivalierOnline column will open a new window where you can view the images. The link in the Daisy column will open a new window where you can see the National Archives's holdings for the court.

Frederiksborg and Copenhagen Counties
This table lists records available from one or more courts (birk) in the county. The description in the Protokol column is from the FamilySearch Library Catalog note, and may not always be the same as the description given by the National Archives of Denmark. At present these films have not been digitized by FamilySearch, but many are available through the National Archive's ArkivalierOnline site. Links in the Rigsarkivet column will open a new window where you can view the images. The link in the Daisy column will open a new window where you can see the National Archives's holdings for the court.