Denmark Birth Records

In May of 1645 the Kind of Denmark decreed that all local ministers keep a record of births, marriages, and deaths. Some pastors had begun keeping records as early as 1572. Catholics were the only non-recognized (by the country) church to have religious freedoms, so their records begin as early as 1685. Beginning in 1849, Denmark began recognizing Christian dissenter churches, but they still had to notify the local Lutheran church of the births, marriages, and deaths of their parishioners. To bar against the possible destruction of records, Denmark began keeping a separate set of records in 1814.