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Rechts-Informationen zum Thema Norway von der Library of Congress. Link: loc.gov (Law norway)

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EuroDocs

Sammlung historischer Quellen zu europäischen Ländern. Link: eudocs.lib.byu.edu (Norway)

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• From the Earliest Stone-Age Settlements to the Introduction of Agriculture — Documenting Norwegian stone-age implements chronologically. A virtual exhibit of the Saltdal Museum. (10,000 BCE - 4,000 BCE; Facsimile images and commentary)
• Skjulte skatter — (Hidden Treasures) Norwegian historical objects from the Bronze Age through the Viking Era. Assembled by the Archaeological Museum in Stavanger. (1800 BCE - 1050 CE; images)
• Runologiske prosjekter — Runological projects at the Norwegian Computing Center for the Humanities (Facsimiles and transliterations)
• Vikingskipshuset — Photos of the three best preserved Viking ships in existence. Ships and related artifacts digitized by the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo. Also available in the Norwegian original. (Photographs and English or Norwegian commentary)
• Heimskringla: Or The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway — by Snorri Sturluson. (covering 850-1177, written ca. 1225; English translation)
• The Planctus for William Longsword — This mourning poem is for the son of the Viking, Rollo. It serves as "an excellent laboratory in medieval philology." (943; Latin facsimiles and variant text transcriptions with English and German translations)
• Njål's Saga — (13th century; English translation)
• Håkons Hall — Historical & contemporary images of 13th-century Norway's political center. Digitized by Prof. Knut Helle, University of Bergen. (1247 to the present; photographs and English commentary)
• Diplomatarium Norvegicum — Online medieval Norwegian diplomas provided by the Dokumentasjons Prosjektet. Searching is by keyword or (more practical for browsing) by volume and page number. (1050-1590; Old Norse, Latin, Swedish, Middle High German, and other language transcriptions)
• Quellen zur mittelalterlichen Reichsgeschichte — Sources for the History of the Medieval (Germanic) Empire. Includes recorded conferences of the Hanseatic League. (800 - 1503; Latin and contemporary vernacular transcriptions with critical apparatus)
• Hardenbergs Codex — Medieval Norwegian laws (digitized by the Danish Royal Library) (1300-1600; facsimiles)
• Project Runeberg — (Scandinavian literature, sagas and chronicles; transcriptions)
• Norsk historie: Eldre Norsk historie — (13th through 19th centuries; transcriptions)
• Historical Text Archive: Norway — Includes primary and secondary documents, provided by Don Mabry. (Transcriptions, facsimiles and commentaries, mostly in English)
• Norwegian History — A website, sponsored by the Usenet newsgroup "soc.culture.nordic," in form of a chronology, but with links to primary documents. (800-1994; English transcriptions and commentary)
• Langsomt ble landet vårt eget — (Gradually the Land Became Our Own) An interactive connection of images, documents and commentary. (10,000 BCE to the present; images, video clips, facsimiles and commentary)
• Norsk Folkemuseum: Samlingene på nett — A major digitization project of the holdings of the Norwegian Folk Museum. Reproductions of over 200,000 artifacts and photographs from the collection. (Facsimiles and photographs in a searchable database)
• Diplomatarium Norvegicum — Online medieval Norwegian diplomas provided by the Dokumentasjons Prosjektet. Searching is by keyword or (more practical for browsing) by volume and page number. (1050-1590; Old Norse, Latin, Swedish, Middle High German, and other language transcriptions)
• Quellen zur mittelalterlichen Reichsgeschichte — Sources for the History of the Medieval (Germanic) Empire. Includes recorded conferences of the Hanseatic League. (800-1503; Latin and contemporary vernacular transcriptions with critical apparatus)
• Hardenbergs Codex — Medieval Norwegian laws (digitized by the Danish Royal Library) (1300-1600; facsimiles)
• Project Runeberg — (Scandinavian literature, sagas and chronicles; transcriptions)
• Demographic Statistics for Norway 1520-1855 — (Transcribed data)
• The Article Regarding Norway in King Christian III's Coronation Pledge — (1536; transcription)
• Nordmenn i italiensk 1500-talls plansjeverk — Norsemen (and -women, including Lapps) as portrayed in 16th-century Italian illustrations. (16th century; facsimiles & commentary)
• King Christian IV's Norse Law Code — (1604; facsimile of 1855 printing)
• Examples of Promissory Notes — (1524-1633; transcriptions)
• King Frederik III's Royal Code — (14 November 1665; transcription)
• Tingboksprosjektet — Digitized court proceedings from selected areas Now accessible in a searchable database. An English-language description is available. (1680-1687; transcriptions)
• King Christian V's Norse Law Code — (15 April 1687; transcription)
• That Portion of Christian V's Law Code Still in Effect Today — Provided by Lovdata website's Gjeldende Lover (Laws in Force). (Transcriptions)
• Royal Decrees and Letters of Christian V — (1670-1699; facsimile of Schous Forordninger printed in 1795)
• Complaint of Soldiers and Taxpayers in Toldvoll Against Their Parish Priest — Formally lodged with the Danish chancellery. (1704; transcription).
• Maps of Swedish King Karl XII's Battle Campaign in Norway — Presented by the National Library of Norway. (1716-1718; facsimiles & commentary).
• Flood Damage Report from Gulbrandsdal — (1789; transcription excerpt)
• Et utvalg kilder om og av Gjest Baardsen — A selection of documentary sources by and about Gjest Baardsen, a famous criminal and escape artist in early 19th century Norway. (1791-1849; facsimiles and transcriptions) Includes a link to Gjest's official homepage
• Constitution for Kongeriget Norge — The Constitution of 1814 (Grunnlova or Grundlov) as originally drawn up at Eidsvoll. (17 May 1814; transcription) See also The Eidsvoll Diaries of 1814
• Kongeriget Norges Grundlov — The 1814 Constitution as updated through 1995; Provided by Lovdata website's Gjeldende Lover (Laws in Force). (17 May, 1814; transcriptions)
• The Constitution of the Kingdom of Norway — as updated through 1995; Provided by Stortinget, the national parliament.(17 May, 1814; English translation)
• Arkivverket: Digitalarkivet — The National Archives' Digital Archive The major vital data source for Norway Sorted and searchable by: type of record county at the time of historical interest county at present 100 most recent databases. (1660 to present; searchable databases)
• Norsk historie: Eldre Norsk historie — (13th through 19th centuries; transcriptions)
• Historical Text Archive: Norway — Includes primary and secondary documents, provided by Don Mabry. (Transcriptions, facsimiles and commentaries, mostly in English)
• Norwegian History — A website, sponsored by the Usenet newsgroup "soc.culture.nordic," in form of a chronology, but with links to primary documents. (800-1994; English transcriptions and commentary)
• Langsomt ble landet vårt eget — (Gradually the Land Became Our Own) An interactive connection of images, documents and commentary. (10,000 BCE to the present; images, video clips, facsimiles and commentary)
• Norsk Folkemuseum: Samlingene på nett — A major digitization project of the holdings of the Norwegian Folk Museum. Reproductions of over 200,000 artifacts and photographs from the collection. (Facsimiles and photographs in a searchable database)
• Dokumentasjons Prosjektet — A project for documenting Norwegian history through various types of documents & databases. It is particularly strong in documenting court proceedings & protocols, but is equally impressive in medieval materials and Norwegian place names. (Norwegian transcriptions and photo facsimiles, some English interfaces).
• Skálholt-kortet — Maps of the North Atlantic from "Vinland" to Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Denmark. Digitized by the Danish Royal Library together with the Grønlandsbeskrivelse. (1570; facsimiles)
• Norwegian Local History Manuscripts — (Click on "KILDENE") Full text manuscripts selected as part of an online course in reading Gothic script. Digitized by the history faculty at the University of Bergen. (1594-1878; manuscript facsimiles)
• Eidsvoll: Dagbok for 1814 — One year of assorted diary entries and personal testimonies from the year the constitutional convention was held in Eidsvoll (Akershus). (January-December 1814; transcriptions)
• Bergensbrannen 1702 — The Bergen (Hordaland) fire of 1701 in documents, maps and images. (19 May 1702; facsimiles & commentary)
• Det Digitale Rosendalarkivet — Digital archive of the Barony of Rosendal in Sunnhordland (Hordaland), Documenting the estate domain and its history. (1641-1908; facsimiles & commentary)
• Demographic Statistics for Norway 1520-1855 — (Transcribed data)
• Et utvalg kilder om og av Gjest Baardsen — A selection of documentary sources by and about Gjest Baardsen, a famous criminal and escape artist in early 19th century Norway. (1791-1849; facsimiles and transcriptions) Includes a link to Gjest's official homepage
• Voyage en Scandinavie — A "pictorial atlas" by the Frenchman Paul Gaimard, illustrating his journies to Scandinavia. (1838-1840; facsimile images) (Click on "Norge" and "Spitsbergen" from the left frame.)
• 1905: Norge, Sverwebforige & unionen — Posters, newspaper banners, documents, streaming video, etc. from the time of political crisis when the union with Sweden fell apart. (June 1905; facsimiles in parallel Norwegian and Swedish interfaces)
• Folk i ei krigstid — Portraits of local Osterøy residents from the period of the First World War, used for border identification purposes. (1914-1918; images)
• Det løfterike landet — An extensive website on Norwegian emigration to America and on Norwegian-American history with photographs and prints, audio & video clips, full-text articles and books, bibliographies, over 500 letters, maps, timelines and further links, assembled by the National Library. (1825 to the present; Norwegian & English facsimiles and commentary) See also Norwegian Emigration to USA -- 1825-2000 sponsored by the Digital Archive at the University of Bergen. (Facsimiles, images, commentary)
• Wergelands barn -- Jodiske liv i Norge 1851-1945 — Jewish life in Norway through press articles, commentaries, photographs and related Internet links. (1851-1945; images, facsimiles & commentary) (See also the virtual exhibit of the Jewish Museum in Trondheim and the Jødeparagrafen [Paragraph 2, the so-called "Jewish paragraph" in the Constitution.)
• In Europe World War II in Europe — A collection of primary documents from the Internet Modern History Sourcebook. (1939-1945; transcriptions and translations)
• Archives de guerre — An archive of images and documents from the French perspective of World War II. Requires video software for the clips. (1940-1944; videos, photo images and transcriptions)
• World War II — A collection of documents related to WWII from the Avalon Project.
• Hyperwar: A Hypertext History of the Second World War — Official (mainly U.S.) government histories, source documents, and other primary references. (1939-1945; English transcriptions and translations)
• Documents of World War II — Digital primary documents assembled at Mount Holyoke College. (1938-1945; translations)
• Gjenreisning — Documenting the forced evacuations in the far north during the German occupation. (1944; images, facsimiles, sound recordings & commentary)
• Constitution for Kongeriget Norge — The Constitution of 1814 (Grunnlova or Grundlov) as originally drawn up at Eidsvoll. (17 May 1814; transcription) See also The Eidsvoll Diaries of 1814
• Kongeriget Norges Grundlov — The 1814 Constitution as updated through 1995; Provided by Lovdata website's Gjeldende Lover (Laws in Force). (17 May, 1814; transcriptions)
• The Constitution of the Kingdom of Norway — as updated through 1995; Provided by Stortinget, the national parliament. (17 May, 1814; English translation)
• Government documents — with strong search tools for current and historical archives. Official online repository for parliamentary debates, announcements, speeches, etc. (Norwegian transcriptions)
• Arkivverket: Digitalarkivet — / The National Archives' Digital Archive The major vital data source for Norway Sorted and searchable by: type of record area at the time of historical interest area at present 100 most recent databases. (1660 to present; searchable databases)
• The Norwegian Historical Data Centre — at the University of Tromsø A major source for census information with basic and advanced search interfaces in English. (1865, 1875, 1900; searchable databases) NOTE: By agreement, material in the Digital Archive is available at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre and vice versa.
• Norsk historie: Eldre Norsk historie — (13th through 19th centuries; transcriptions)
• Historical Text Archive: Norway — Includes primary and secondary documents, provided by Don Mabry. (Transcriptions, facsimiles and commentaries, mostly in English)
• Norwegian History — A website, sponsored by the Usenet newsgroup "soc.culture.nordic," in form of a chronology, but with links to primary documents. (800-1994; English transcriptions and commentary)
• Langsomt ble landet vårt eget — (Gradually the Land Became Our Own) An interactive connection of images, documents and commentary. (10,000 BCE to the present; images, video clips, facsimiles and commentary)
• Galleri Nor: Nasjonalbibliotekets Nasjonale fotodatabase — Database of over 80,000 photographic images from Norwegian history. Billedsamlingen The National Library's online image collection, including monarchs, other portraits, groups, landscapes, postcards, and more.
• Norsk Folkemuseum: Samlingene på nett — A major digitization project of the holdings of the Norwegian Folk Museum. Reproductions of over 200,000 artifacts and photographs from the collection. (Facsimiles and photographs in a searchable database)
• Tre forskningsresor i bilder — Photos of Gustaf Hallström (1880-1962) from early 20th century research trips. Cultural history vignettes from northern Sweden and Norway. Posted by the university library of Umeå (Sweden). (1907-1926; Photo facsimiles and diary transcriptions).
• Dokumentasjons Prosjektet — A project for documenting Norwegian history through various types of documents & databases. It is particularly strong in documenting court proceedings & protocols but is equally impressive in medieval materials and Norwegian place names. (Norwegian transcriptions and photo facsimiles, some English interfaces.)
• Statistisk Sentralbyrå / Statistics Norway — Statistical figures and social indicators ranging from elections to education to the economy. Also available in Norwegian, naturligvis. (Transcriptions).
• Sources from the Leprosy Archives in Bergen — Bergen's central role in discovery of the leprosy bacillus and treatment of "Hansen's disease" is documented. (Facsimiles, images and databases)
• Eidsvoll: Dagbok for 1814 — One year of assorted diary entries and personal testimonies from the year the constitutional convention was held in Eidsvoll. (January-December 1814; transcriptions)
• Diplomatarium Norvegicum — Online medieval Norwegian diplomas provided by the Dokumentasjons Prosjektet. Searching is by keyword or (more practical for browsing) by volume and page number. (1050-1590; Old Norse, Latin, Swedish, Middle High German, and other language transcriptions)
• Hardenbergs Codex — Medieval Norwegian laws (digitized by the Danish Royal Library) (1300-1600; facsimiles)
• King Christian IV's Norse Law Code — (1604; facsimile of 1855 printing)
• Examples of Promissory Notes — (1524-1633; transcriptions)
• King Frederik III's Royal Code — (14 November 1665; transcription)
• Tingboksprosjektet — Digitized court proceedings from selected areas Now accessible in a searchable database. An English-language description is available. (1680-1687; transcriptions)
• King Christian V's Norse Law Code — (15 April 1687; transcription)
• That Portion of Christian V's Law Code Still in Effect Today — Provided by Lovdata website's Gjeldende Lover (Laws in Force). (Transcriptions)
• Royal Decrees and Letters of Christian V — (1670-1699; facsimile of Schous Forordninger printed in 1795)
• Eidsvoll: Dagbok for 1814 — One year of assorted diary entries and personal testimonies from the year the constitutional convention was held in Eidsvoll (Akershus). (January-December 1814; transcriptions)
• Constitution for Kongeriget Norge — The Constitution of 1814 (Grunnlova or Grundlov) as originally drawn up at Eidsvoll. (17 May 1814; transcription)
• Kongeriget Norges Grundlov — The 1814 Constitution as updated through 1995; Provided by Lovdata website's Gjeldende Lover (Laws in Force). (17 May, 1814; transcriptions)
• The Constitution of the Kingdom of Norway — as updated through 1995; Provided by Stortinget, the national parliament. (17 May, 1814; English translation)
• Gjeldende Lover — (Laws in Force). A collection of Nordic laws that are still in effect for Norway. (Norwegian transcriptions)
• Regjeringsdokumenter (current government documents) —
• Dokumentarkivet (archival documents) — Official online repository for parliamentary debates, announcements, speeches, etc. From the website of the Norwegian goverment and its ministries. (Norwegian transcriptions and some English translations)
• Dokumentasjons Prosjektet — A project for documenting Norwegian history through various types of documents & databases. It is particularly strong in documenting court proceedings & protocols, but is equally impressive in medieval materials and Norwegian place names (Norwegian transcriptions and photo facsimiles, some English interfaces).

Local Sources

• Norwegian Local History Manuscripts — (Click on "KILDENE") Full text manuscripts selected as part of an online course in reading Gothic script. Digitized by the history faculty at the University of Bergen. (1594-1878; manuscript facsimiles)
• Images of Bærum — Searchable database of local photographs. (Images & commentary)
• Eidsvoll: Dagbok for 1814 — One year of assorted diary entries and personal testimonies from the year the constitutional convention was held in Eidsvoll. (January-December 1814; transcriptions)
• Archival Documents of Bergen — from Evidence! Europe Reflected in Archives (facsimiles and English summaries)
• Bergensbrannen 1702 — The Bergen fire of 1701 in documents, maps and images. (19 May 1702; facsimiles & commentary)
• Godbiter fra samlingene — Outstanding documents of the month from 1996 to the present digitized from the holdings of Bergen University Library's Special Collections. (Annotated facsimiles and transcriptions)
• Sources from the Leprosy Archives in Bergen — Bergen's central role in discovery of the leprosy bacillus and treatment of "Hansen's disease" is documented. (Facsimiles, images and databases)
• Slik bodde vi — ("This is the way we lived...") Documentation of the history of housing in Bergen. (Images, facsimiles & transcriptions)
• Holmestrand før og nå — ("Holmestrand Then and Now") Local images of Holmestrand juxtaposing specific locations as seen between the late 19th/early 20th century and now. (Images)
• Oslo: Photo Database — One of a number of searchable databases of selected virtual exhibits from Oslo City Archives. (Images, maps, facsimiles)
• Folk i ei krigstid — Portraits of local Osterøy residents from the period of the First World War, Used for border identification purposes. (1914-1918; images)
• Complaint of Soldiers and Taxpayers in Toldvoll Against Their Parish Priest — Formally lodged with the Danish chancellery. (1704; transcription).

Regional Sources

• Norwegian Regional Coats of Arms — (Facsimiles).
• Norge fremstillet i Tegninger — Historical drawings of Norway, by region and locality. (1853/1855; facsimile illustrations)
• Flood Damage Report from Gulbrandsdal — (1789; transcription excerpt)
• Det Digitale Rosendalarkivet — Digital archive of the Barony of Rosendal in Sunnhordland (Hordaland), Documenting the estate domain and its history. (1641-1908; facsimiles & commentary)
• Slik bodde vi i Trondheim og Midt-Norge — ("This is the way we lived in Trondheim and Central Norway...") Documentation of the history of housing conditions in the area around Trondheim (Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag). (Images, facsimiles & transcriptions)
• Sogn og Fjordane -- Databasar — Vital statistical databases for the region of Sogn og Fjordane. -- Everything from emigrants to images -- (Images, statistical figures & transcriptions)
• Slik bodde vi i Trondheim og Midt-Norge — ("This is the way we lived in Trondheim and Central Norway...") Documentation of the history of housing conditions in the area around Trondheim (Sør-Trøndelag and Nord-Trøndelag). (Images, facsimiles & transcriptions)
• Østfold fylkes billedarkiv — Pictorial databases for the region of Østfold. (Images)
• Gjenreisning — Documenting the forced evacuations in the far north during the German occupation. (1944; images, facsimiles, sound recordings & commentary)
• Tre forskningsresor i bilder — Photos of Gustaf Hallström (1880-1962) from early 20th century research trips. Cultural history vignettes from northern Sweden and Norway. Posted by the university library of Umeå (Sweden). (1907-1926; Photo facsimiles and diary transcriptions.)
• Skálholt-kortet — Maps of the North Atlantic from "Vinland" to Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Denmark. Digitized by the Danish Royal Library together with the Grønlandsbeskrivelse. (1570; facsimiles)
• Diplomatarium Norvegicum — Online medieval Norwegian diplomas provided by the Dokumentasjons Prosjektet. Searching is by keyword or (more practical for browsing) by volume and page number. (1050-1590; Old Norse, Latin, Swedish, Middle High German, and other language transcriptions)
• Digitized maps of Scandinavia — Provided by the Latvian National Library (16th to 18th centuries; map facsimiles and descriptions)
• Det løfterike landet — An extensive website on Norwegian emigration to America and on Norwegian-American history, with photographs and prints, audio & video clips, full-text articles and books, bibliographies, over 500 letters, maps, timelines and further links, assembled by the National Library. (1825 to the present; Norwegian & English facsimiles and commentary) See also Norwegian Emigration to USA -- 1825-2000 sponsored by the Digital Archive at the University of Bergen.
  (Facsimiles, images, commentary)
• Arkivverket: Digitalarkivet — The National Archives' Digital Archive The major vital data source for Norway, sorted and searchable by: type of record, area at the time of historical interest, area at present, 100 most recent databases. (1660 to present; searchable databases)
• The Norwegian Historical Data Centre — at the University of Tromsø A major source for census information with basic and advanced search interfaces in English. (1865, 1875, 1900; searchable databases) NOTE: By agreement, material in the Digital Archive is available at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre and vice versa.
• Historical Text Archive: Norway — Includes primary and secondary documents, provided by Don Mabry. (Transcriptions, facsimiles and commentaries, mostly in English)
• Norwegian History — A website, sponsored by the Usenet newsgroup "soc.culture.nordic," in form of a chronology, but with links to primary documents. (800-1994; English transcriptions and commentary)
• Langsomt ble landet vårt eget — (Gradually the Land Became Our Own) An interactive connection of images, documents and commentary. (10,000 BCE to the present; images, video clips, facsimiles and commentary)
• Utflykten — A History of Nordic Travel Of particular interest are Resenärer i Norden (travelers' descriptions) and Länksida (links to maps and other sources). (16th to 20th centuries; facsimiles, transcriptions, maps, etc.)
• Galleri Nor: Nasjonalbibliotekets Nasjonale fotodatabase — Database of over 80,000 photographic images from Norwegian history.
• Billedsamlingen — The National Library's online image collection, with monarchs, other portraits, groups, landscapes, postcards, and more.
• Remains.se - Norway — A portal for photos of historical sites in Norway, searchable by area, by type of site, and by age of site (Medieval to present)
• Norsk Folkemuseum: Samlingene på nett — A major digitization project of the holdings of the Norwegian Folk Museum. Reproductions of over 200,000 artifacts and photographs from the collection. (Facsimiles and photographs in a searchable database)
• Dokumentasjons Prosjektet — A project for documenting Norwegian history through various types of documents & databases. It is particularly strong in documenting court proceedings & protocols, but is equally impressive in medieval materials and Norwegian place names. (Norwegian transcriptions and photo facsimiles, some English interfaces).
• Statistisk Sentralbyrå / Statistics Norway — Statistical figures and social indicators ranging from elections to education to the economy. Also available in Norwegian, naturligvis. (Transcriptions).

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