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Online Resources

• Danish-Norwegian Paleography by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Gothic Script – an introduction Rigsarkivet
• Gotisk.dk Danske Slægtsforskere Odense (The Society of Danish Genealogists in Odense) - Gothic script
• Denmark Parish Register Headings
• Nordic Handwriting

Online Classes

The FamilySearch offers free online lessons about reading old Danish handwriting:

• Scandinavian Handwriting, Part 1 - Old Scandinavian Script
• Scandinavian Handwriting, Part 3 - no part 2 available