Greenland Census

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For the past several centuries Greenland has been under the rule of the kingdom of Denmark. Most records werecreated by the Danish government, including censuses. A census is a count and description of the population. Censuses have been taken by the Danish government primarily for population studies and taxation purposes.

Census records can provide personal information about family relationships, age, year of birth, description of property, religion, birthplace, and so forth. Census records are especially valuable because they list a large portion of the population. They can provide information where all or portions of other records are missing. Generally, you will find more complete family information in more recent censuses. Use the information with caution since some information may be incorrect.

You will find census records for the following years in Greenland: 1834, 1840, 1845, 1850, 1855, 1860, 1870, 1901, 1911, 1921, 1925, and ever 5 years after 1925 except for 1940.

Availability

All censuses for Greenland are availble at the archives. The 1901 census is available online at www.arkivalieronline.dk. An extracted index for the first ten census years is available at www.ddd.dda.dk. You can see what parishes are available by clicking on the "What's in the database" link and in the county box choose "Grønland"