Daily Ancestorklokkerbok
A klokkerbok is the parish clerk's duplicate of a Norwegian church book, required from 1812 and a second chance when the priest's book is lost.
An ordinance of December 1812 required the klokker, the parish clerk, to keep a copy with the same entries as the priest's ministerialbok, stored in a separate place in case of fire or loss. The FamilySearch Catalog marks clerk books with "kl".
Where the main register is lost, the klokkerbok may preserve the information. When a name or date is hard to read in one book, compare it with the other. The duty to keep a klokkerbok was lifted late in the 1900s.
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Daily Ancestor. "klokkerbok." Dictionary of Old Record Words. https://dailyancestor.com/dictionary/norwegian/klokkerbok. Last checked 2026-10-28.