Norwegian concepts Archives - Norwegian Genealogy and then some

Monday, October 13, 2025

Genealogy, history and culture from Norway

Who was the “Leiglending”

When searching for Norwegian ancestors many of us find farmers described as a leiglending. What did this mean?

Here is a look into how the communities took care of the poor people.

Most of us have today some sort of pension waiting for us when our working days are over.

I am often asked by readers about the changing of person names in Norwegian records.

Here is the second installment about religious dissidents in Norway.

The title “husmann” appear in all the sources we use in Norwegian genealogy.

An easy way to tell if the record we look at in the Norwegian Digital Archives are transcribed.

I am a little behind in my writing and this theme in the “52 ancestors in 52 weeks challenge” is from

Finding ancestors is not always straightforward.

A certificate often found among the family’s old papers

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