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space of time, at least ⅓ of the population. Our ancient legends
have much to relate about this terrible calamity, which entirely
laid waste large tracts of the country. Not until the beginning
of the 16th century is the population supposed to have again
attained the size it had before the «black death» ravaged the
country; and a little beyond the middle of the 17th century the
country seems to have had about 450,000 inhabitants, this number
increasing by the end of the century, to about half a million.
Our first general census, including women as well as men,
dates from the year 1769. This gave a total of circ. 727,600
inhabitants. The next census was on the 1st Feb. 1801, and
showed the population of the country to be 883,038 domiciled
inhabitants, and on the 30th April 1815, according to the third
census, there were 885,431 inhabitants, a figure which, however,
must have been too low, as very reliable calculations that have
been made, give a result of 902,700 on the 31st Dec. 1814.
Since that time, a general census has been taken in Norway
every 10 years, in 1825, 1835, 1845, etc., except in 1885, when the
census which should have been taken then was put off for 5 years,
in order to coincide with the census-year of several other countries.
The next census is to be taken on the 1st Jan. 1901. The
time for the census, since 1845, has always been fixed for the
beginning of the year.
With each of these censuses — which, owing to the scattered
population and the difficulty of communication in former times,
have cost much labour and money — more and more detailed
information has been obtained concerning the sex of the persons
numbered, their age, station in life, etc. These specifications are
for the most part worked out and published in the official
statistics of Norway, and afford good and abundant material for the
study of the demography of our country.
The censuses taken during the present century have given the
following results:
| Aug. | 15, | 1769 | 727,600 | inhabitants | |
| Feb. | 1, | 1801 . . . | 883,038 | » | |
| April | 30, | 1815 . . . | 885,431 | » | |
| Nov. | 27, | 1825 . . . . . | 1,051,318 | » | |
| Nov. | 29, | 1835 . . . | 1,194,827 | » | |
| Dec. | 31, | 1845 . | 1,328,471 | » | |
| Dec. | 31, | 1855 . . . . . | 1,490,047 | » |
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