Norwegian Genealogical Society

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Norwegian Genealogical Society (Norwegian : Norsk Slektshistorisk Forening, NSF) is a genealogical society in Oslo, Norway.

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It was founded on 22 October 1926 as the first exclusively Norwegian genealogical society. Among the founders were Stian Herlofsen Finne-Grønn, Christoffer Morgenstierne Munthe and Sigurd Segelcke Meidell. The two former had already published the periodical Norsk tidsskrift for genealogi, personalhistorie, biografi og litteraturhistorie since 1906; in 1927 the Norwegian Genealogical Society launched Norsk slektshistorisk tidsskrift as its official periodical. Their internal magazine is Genealogen. The organization also runs a genealogical library. [1]

List of leaders

This is a list of leaders of the organization: [2]

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References

  1. "Norsk Slektshistorisk Forening" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Genealogical Society. Archived from the original on 7 June 2007. Retrieved 10 April 2009.
  2. "Formenn i Norsk Slektshistorisk Forening" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Genealogical Society. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 10 April 2009.