Upon the request from the Mission Archives in 2009, a set of our 98 rolls of microfilms was recevied by the National Archives of Norway, located at Sognsvann in Oslo. The National Archives found the opportunity to digitize the films during January and February 2012, and 13 March 2012 a hard drive with 66000 images was handed over to the Mission Archives by Svein Warberg. He has been responsible for the planning and implementation of the project.

The films contain historic documents related to the work of the Norwegian Mission Society, mainly in Madagascar from 1866 to 1980. About two thirds of the orginial documents are stored at the FLM Archives in Antananarivo, Madagascar. This is the repository of Fiangonana Loterana Malagasy (i.e. the Malagasy Lutheran Church). The remaining originals are found at the Mission Archives, with the exception of a few ministerial books from congregations in the Lutheran Church in South Africa (ELCSA).

Two publications by Nilsen-Lund have now been published in PDF format.

Pier M. Larson, visited the Mission Archives in 1988-1989. He compiled lists and a catalogue of selected holdings of material related to the work of the Norwegian Mission Society in Madagascar 1866-1899. With his permission the lists and catalogue have been scanned and are now available here on our website. See items #27-29 on our presentation of catalogues.