dødsåret
Dødsåret is a term used in Norwegian biographical and genealogical contexts to denote the year in which a person died. It is commonly recorded together with fødselsår (birth year) to outline a person’s lifespan. The word combines døds- meaning death and året meaning the year.
In English-language scholarship the direct equivalent is the year of death, while historians sometimes use the
Usage and interpretation: dødsåret is primarily a data point in biographical databases, encyclopedias, and genealogical records.
Limitations: historical records may list only a year for death, leading to imprecise age estimates. Variants