Danish Military Levying Rolls: Letters Assigned to Years

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The lægdsrullerene used letters instead of the year. When you need lægdsruller, you need to know the letter that stands for the lægdsrulle year that you are interested in. The letters were reused. For example, the letter Q stand for the years 1841, 1866, 1892, 1918 and the 1944. The overview shows the literation.

A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q	R	S	T	U
1793	1794	1795	1796	1797	1798	1799	1800	1801	1802
1803	1804	1805	1806	1808	1809	1810	1811	1812	1813	1814
1815	1816	1817	1818	1819	1820	1821	1822	1823	1824	1825
1826	1827	1828	1829	1830	1831	1832	1833	1834	1835	1836	1837	1838	1839	1840	1841	1842	1842	1843	1844
1851	1852	1853	1854	1855	1856	1857	1858	1859	1860	1861	1862	1863	1864	1865	1866	1867	1868	1869	1870
1877	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888	1889	1890	1891	1892	1893	1894	1895	1896
1903	1904	1905	1906	1907	1908	1909	1910	1911	1912	1913	1914	1915	1916	1917	1918	1919	1920	1921	1922
1929	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948

V	X	Y	Z	Æ	Ø



1845	1846	1847	1848	1849	1850
1871	1872	1873	1874	1875	1876
1897	1898	1899	1900	1901	1902
1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928
1949	1950	1951	1952	1952	1953

Lægdsrulle Year - Not Calendar Year

BE CAREFUL - Until 1843 (letter T) the lægdsrulle year was not the same as the calendar year.

1793-1802: November - October, applies to all rolls

1803-1806: November - October, applies to coming and going rolls

1803-1806: May - April, applies to main rolls

1808-1842: May - April, applies to all rolls

Example: Lægdsrulle J: 1812 = May 1811 - April 1812

This means, the main part of the lægdsrulle with the literation J = the year 1812, which really covers nine months of 1911!!!

Lægdsrulle year R: 1842 = May 1841 - April 1842.

Lægdsrulle year S: 1842 = May 1842 - December 1842.

1843- : January - December, applies to all rolls.

Note also that the year 1952 has both letters Z and Æ.

After 1871 on the spine of the lægdsrulle books you will find two years shown, such as 1872 and 1890. The first year (1872) indicate the birth year for those who had been entered in the roll, because they have reached the required age for registration. The second (1890) tells which year the roll is reporting. The last year has meaning when you have to follow the movements, since this is the year that the letter designates the year being cross-referenced.