The Norwegian Historical Data Centre (NHDC) is a national institution under the Faculty of Social Science at the University of Tromsø (UiTø). Our main aim is to computerize the Norwegian censuses 1865 onwards together with the parish registers and other sources from the 18th and 19th centuries. The ultimate goal is a national population register for the 18th and 19th centuries, primarily for research purposes, but also for the benefit of schools, genealogists, local historians, etc. Products include printed editions with alphabetical indexes, digital versions on diskettes and statistical tabulations via the Internet. The Data Center consists of two departments: the department of administration and research at the University campus in Tromsø, and the department of registration in the municipality of Målselv, 150 kilometers to the south-east. [self-description]