Norwegian Genealogy: How To Find Your Ancestors | History - Life in Norway

Thanks to a new historical population registry, it’s never been easier to research your own Norwegian family heritage, according to David Nikel, founder and editor of the Life in Norway blog.

Example handwritten records from Kaupanger.
Photo: Marianne Herfindal Johannessen / National Archives.

I know many of our regular readers are Norwegian Americans with relatives who left Norway several generations ago. I also know many have struggled to trace their ancestors.

Norwegian genealogy Genealogy is the study of families, family history, and the tracing of their lineages. There are difficulties in researching genealogy in a different country, not least the language barrier and seeking out paper records.

Now, a new genealogical research project should make it easier to access information.

The Norwegian Computing Center has been working on the registry for six years. Norway's Arctic University is managing the project with several partners, with finances from the Research Council of Norway...

To digitise the documents and records, the centre turned to artificial intelligence. Although there were plenty of humans involved, too! Fifty data analysts, mathematicians and statisticians played a part.
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Source: Life in Norway