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==How to Find the Records==
You will find some of these records of dissenters recorded in Digitalarkivet (The Digital Archives) of Norway. See links: &nbsp; [http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_fylke=0&idx_kilde=DISS&idx_listetype=Alle&idx_periode=&idx_textsearch=&js=j Dissenter Register] <br>
[http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_fylke=0&idx_kilde=VIGB&idx_listetype=Alle&idx_periode=&idx_textsearch=&js=j Dissenter' marriage register for Gamle Aker 1942-1946 and Målselv, Troms 1919-1942]
[https://digitalarkivet.no/search/sources?s=&from=&to=&format=tab_ftr&archive_key=&lt%5B%5D=bv Marriage register (secular)]<br>
<br> For church records not on Digitalarkivet, or on microfilm; you will need to contact the respective Parish Minister. &nbsp;Be aware there is a 60-year privacy law in Norway. Do not ask for information later than that.
For information from 1900 forward, you will want to contact the office called "Folkregister" for the area in which your ancestor lived. The phone number is 011 47 2207. &nbsp;Be aware that Norway is 8 hours earlier than the Mountain Time Zone in the United States. &nbsp;Also, be prepared to prove you are a direct line decendant.
===Offices to Contact===
==Historical Background==


There was no separation of church and state in Norway before 21 May 2012.&nbsp; Prior to this date church and state were joined.&nbsp; <br>  
There was no separation of church and state in Norway before 21 May 2012.&nbsp; Prior to this date church and state were joined.&nbsp; <br>  
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The law did not require a dissenter church to deposit their records in the state archives unless a congragation was dissolved.&nbsp; The percentage of dissenters in 1875 was 0.4%, and in 1950 it was 3.76%.<br>  
The law did not require a dissenter church to deposit their records in the state archives unless a congragation was dissolved.&nbsp; The percentage of dissenters in 1875 was 0.4%, and in 1950 it was 3.76%.<br>  


You will find some of these records of dissenters recorded in Digitalarkivet (The Digital Archives) of Norway. See links: &nbsp; [http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_fylke=0&idx_kilde=DISS&idx_listetype=Alle&idx_periode=&idx_textsearch=&js=j Dissenter Register] <br>
==Coverage and Compliance==
 
[http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_fylke=0&idx_kilde=VIGB&idx_listetype=Alle&idx_periode=&idx_textsearch=&js=j Dissenter' marriage register for Gamle Aker 1942-1946 and Målselv, Troms 1919-1942]


[https://digitalarkivet.no/search/sources?s=&from=&to=&format=tab_ftr&archive_key=&lt%5B%5D=bv Marriage register (secular)]<br>
==Information Recorded in the Records==


<br> For church records not on Digitalarkivet, or on microfilm; you will need to contact the respective Parish Minister. &nbsp;Be aware there is a 60-year privacy law in Norway. Do not ask for information later than that.
==References==


For information from 1900 forward, you will want to contact the office called "Folkregister" for the area in which your ancestor lived. The phone number is 011 47 2207. &nbsp;Be aware that Norway is 8 hours earlier than the Mountain Time Zone in the United States. &nbsp;Also, be prepared to prove you are a direct line decendant.
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[https://familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/830 '''Exploring Death Notices in Norway'''] - Research lesson at FamilySearch
[https://familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/830 '''Exploring Death Notices in Norway'''] - Research lesson at FamilySearch
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