Norwegian National Archives - regional addresses

Statsarkivet i Hamar (Hedmark og Oppland) Address: Lille Strandgate 3 Postboks 533 2304 Hamar Phone: (47) 62 52 36 42 Fax: (47) 62 52 94 48 Opening hours reading room (per May 24. 2002): Monday: closed Tuesday-Friday 0845-1445 From ca. September 15th in addition to above: Wednesday 0845-1745

Statsarkivet i Kongsberg (Buskerud, Vestfold og Telemark) Address: Frogsvei 44 3611 Kongsberg Phone: (47) 32 86 99 00 Fax: (47) 32 86 99 10 Opening hours reading room (per May 24. 2002): September 1st - June 14th: Monday-Wednesday 0900-1900 Thursday- Friday 0900-1500 Saturday 0900-1300 June 15the - August 31st: Monday-Friday 0900-1500 Saturday closed

Statsarkivet i Kristiansand (Aust-Agder og Vest-Agder) Visiting address: Märthas vei 1, Kristiansand Postal address: Serviceboks 402, 4604 Kristiansand Phone: (47) 38 14 55 00 Fax: (47) 38 14 55 01 Opening hours reading room (per May 24. 2002): Monday, Thursday and Friday 0900-1500, Tuesday and Wednesday 0900-1900, Saturday 0900-1300 In the period between May 1st and August 31st: Monday-Friday 0900-1445

Statsarkivet i Stavanger (Rogaland) Address: Bergjelandsgt. 30 4012 Stavanger Phone: (47) 51 50 12 60 Fax: (47) 51 50 12 90 Opening hours reading room (per May 24. 2002): Monday-Friday 0900-1500 Wednesday till 1900 and Saturday 0900-1300 except in the period between ca. June 15th and Sept. 1st

Statsarkivet i Bergen (Hordaland, Sogn og Fjordane) Address: Årstadveien 22 5009 Bergen Phone: 55 96 58 00 Fax: 55 96 58 01 Opening hours reading room (per May 24. 2002): Monday-Friday 0900-1500 Monday-Thursday also 1700-2000 except in the period between May 15th and September 14th

Statsarkivet i Trondheim (Møre og Romsdal, Sør-Trøndelag, Nord-Trøndelag og Nordland) Visiting Address: Høgskoleveien 12 Trondheim Postal Address: Postboks 2825 Elgesæter 7432 Trondheim Phone: (47) 73 88 45 00 Fax: (47) 73 88 45 40 Opening hours reading room (per May 24. 2002): September-May: Monday-Friday 0815-1445 (Wednesday and Thursday till 1745), Saturday 0900-1245 June-August: Monday-Friday 0815-1445

Statsarkivet i Tromsø, (Troms, Finnmark og Svalbard) Postal Address: 9293 Tromsø Phone: (47) 77 67 66 11 Fax: (47) 77 67 65 20 Opening hours (per May 24. 2002): Monday-Friday 0900-1500 Tuesday open till 1945 (Except June 1st - Aug 31st)

Maritime museums in Norway:

Oslo:
Norsk Sjøfartsmuseum
Bygdøynesveien 37
0286 Oslo
NORWAY

Stavanger: Stavanger Sjøfartsmuseum Musegt. 16 N-4010 Stavanger NORWAY e-mail: firmapost@stavanger.museum.no http://www.stavanger.museum.no/ Telephone: 47 51 84 27 25 or 47 51 84 27 00 Fax: 47 51 84 27 01

 

Bergen: Bergens Sjøfartsmuseum Postboks 2736- Møhlenpris 5026 Bergen NORWAY

Landsarkivet (The national archives of Sweeden)

Holds the emigration lists from the Goteborgs Poliskammare. They should be able to tell you the departure date from Sweden, and the destination in North America.
Landsarkivet
Box 3009
S-400 10 GÖTEBORG
Sweden

Phone: + 46 031 778 68 00
Fax: + 46 031 778 68 25

The Swedish Emigrant Institute in Växjö, Sweden

"The Swedish Emigrant Institute in Växjö, Sweden documents, with records and memorabilia, the period of Swedish emigration from 1840 to 1930 when 1.3 million people left Sweden. The National Institute was founded in 1965. It has been based at the House of Emigrants since 1968. The Institute is supported by the Emigrant Institute Friendship Society with 3000 members. The archives contain approx. 5.400 ft. of material. The library has about 25.000 titles (1992) and our comprehensive database and church record inventories contain literally millions of names, dates and places. All of these can be studied in their Reading Room, where the institute's knowledgeable staff is at your service. Whether you are a historian, a genealogist or a tourist, you are welcome to use their emigration history collections. A small research fee is charged. A special brochure with research guidelines is available.
The House of Emigrants
Box 201,
S-351 04 Växjö 1,
Sweden.

Tel.: + 46 470 201 20
Fax : + 46 470 394 16

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