Founding of the Society
Year	Authority / Notes
1791	According to an article in the Store Norske Leksikon entitled Christian Sommerfelt, the Topographisk Selskab for Norge was founded in 1791 in Christiania (present-day Oslo), and the Society published the Topographisk Journal for Norge. An article in the Norsk arkivforum gives the Society name as Corresponderende Topographisk Selskab for Norge, and indicates that it was founded in 1791 in Christiania. We have found no trace of its existence past 1808 (the date of the last published volume of its Journal).
Seat of the Society
City	Authority / Notes
Oslo (Christiania) Norway	This location is supported by an article in the Store Norske Leksikon entitled Christian Sommerfelt.
Name of the Society
Dates	Name	Authority
1791 -1808	Topographisk Selskab for Norge	An article in the Store Norske Leksikon entitled Christian Sommerfelt gives the name and founding date. We are taking the end date as 1808, following cataloguing records.
1791 - 1808	Corresponderende Topographisk Selskab for Norge	An article in the Store Norske Leksikon entitled Christian Sommerfelt gives the name and founding date. We are taking the end date as 1808, following cataloguing records.

Journals of the Society
Years	Full Journal Title	Abbrev.
Bd 1(1792/93) - 10(1805/08) = H. 1-34   1791-A	Topographisk journal for Norge [Libris: Swedish Union cat.]	Norsk. topograph. Journ. [Pogg., v.1, col.683 cites 1800.]