Letters from the National Archives of Norway.

 SEAMEN'S RECORDS

 Our register of seamen from the Government Directorate for Seamen is the first central register of seamen in Norway.

 In Norway, the seamen mustered on/off at the local seamens' offices. They were closed down in 1988, and they sent their records to the National State Archives. There are eight Regional State Archives in Norway.

Therefore, in order to find a seaman before the war, you need to know where he was domiciled at that time.

State Archive addresses -

Areas - Troms, Finnmark.
Address - Statsarkivet i Tromso,  Breivika, 9005 Tromso,
Telephone 77 67 66 11. Fax 77 67 65 20.

Areas - More Og Romsdal, Nordland, Nord Trondelag, Sor Trondelag.
Address - Statsarkivet i Trondheim, Hogskoleveien 12, Postboks 2825 Elgesaeter, 7002 Trondheim.
Telephone 73 88 45 00, Fax 73 88 45 40.

Areas - Bergen, Nordaland, Sogn Og Fjordane.
Address - Statsarkivet i Bergen, Arstadveien 22, 5009 Bergen.
Telephone 55 31 50 70, Fax 55 32 12 65.

Area - Rogaland.
Address -  Statsarkivet i Stavanger, Bergelandsgt 30, 4012 Stavanger.
Telephone 51 50 12 60, Fax 51 50 12 90.

Areas - Oslo, Akershus, Ostfold.
Address - Statsarkivet i Oslo, Folke Bernadottes vei 21, Postboks 4015 Ulleval Stadion, 0806 Oslo.
Telephone 22 02 26 00, Fax 22 23 74 89.

Areas - Hedemark, Oppland.
Address - Statsarkivet i Hamar, Lille Strandgate 3, Postboks 533, 2301 Hamar.
Telephone 62 52 36 42, Fax 62 52 94 48.

Areas - Telemark, Buskerud, Vestfold.
Address - Statsarkivet i Kongsberg, Frogsvei 44, 3600 Kongsberg.
Telephone 32 86 99 00, Fax 32 86 99 10.

Areas - Aust-Agder, Vest-Agder.
Address - Statsarkivet i Kristiansand, Marthas vei 1, Postuttak, 4604 Kristiansand.
Telephone 38 14 55 00, Fax 38 14 55 01.
 

Post WWll Records, & Norwegian Shipping and Trade Mission

This office holds a register of seamens' service on Norwegian ships covering the years 1949-1988 and from 1940-1945 on ships that were managed by the Norwegian Shipping and Trade Mission in London.

We have registration cards for each seaman, containing name, date and place of birth, position, nationality, domicile, marital status, sex, ship's name, date and place of signing on and signing off.

We also have wage acounts from the ships, so if we do not know the name of the ship and in what year the seaman served aboard, we may find him through these lists.

Our address is - Riksarkivet (National Archives of Norway), Postboks 4013 Ulleval Stadion, N-0806 Oslo, Norway.
Telefax 22 23 74 89.
e-mail - riksarkivet@riksarkivaren.dep.no

For records of Norwegian seamen after 1989, contact - Maritimt A/A-Register, Postboks 423, N-8601 MO, Norway.

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WWll Records

Erling Skjold

There isn't any central register in Norway, but some access are available.

The major problem is that our merchant marine was sailing with both sides ("Nortraship" on Allied side, and "Hjemmeflaaten" (Home fleet) on the axis side). At Riksarkivet ( Norwegian Public Record Office) there are registers about all personnel serving during W.W.II. Unfortunately their
registers are not easy accessible (only manual), and enquiries must be sent by mail (they have an email address, but not worth any trust). Their address is: Riksarkivet, Post-box 4013, Ullevaal Stadion, N-0806 Oslo.

At the Norwegian maritime Museum they have a database covering all losses within the Nortraship, including all names of seamen involved. This includes non Norwegians as well (both survivors and casualties). I don't have their email address, but the mail address is: Norsk sjöfartsmuseum, Bygdöynesveien 37, N-0268 Oslo. (fax +47-22 56 20 37). Both of them read / answer in English.

Norwegians serving on foreign (British, Panama, Dutch, German, etc.) vessels are very difficult to find any information about. Only those who perished are recorded. The same about the coastal pilots. Finally, There are four huge books covering all Norwegian (not collaborators) casualties, giving name, family data, circumstances and date. There are photographs of most of them. Those covers all branches, both military and civilian. Very good books, but only with Norwegian text, and very hard to find available copies.

Erling Skjold
eskjold@online.no
 

WWI & WWII Deaths of Norwegian Seamen.

http://www.minnehallen.no/topp.htm

Or you can write an ordinary letter to them at:
Minnehallen,
N - 3290, STAVERN, NORWAY

Sherrie Stahl      stahl@teleport.com
Portland OR, USA
 

Norwegians' Seamen's Church Death Registers

This site which explains exactly what is contained in these registers can be
viewed at:  http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/durban1-eng.htm

The actual records themselves are located online at:
http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/index-eng.htm

Once you get to this page, select the following:
1) under Digitalarkivet  (right side of screen), select "1900" (the 1900 census information)
2) under Source Category, select "church registers" (left side of screen)
3) then select "buried" (left side of screen)
4) then scroll down to very bottom of page, and under ABROAD, you will see the various Norwegian Seaman's Church death registers.

These show the death date, burial date, where buried, often the name of the ship, what the seaman's position was, etc.

Sherrie Stahl      stahl@teleport.com
Portland OR, USA
 
 
 

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