1865 is a great year to be born -- the year of a census which is available online as a database for free searching.
See John and his family living on the "Birkestrandsmyren" farm -- appears identified as a small subfarm owned by another.
http://www.rhd.uit.no/folketellinger/ftliste_e.aspx?ft=1865&...The parish district is identified as Frei, which would have been part of the larger clerical district of Kristiansund (history with Tingvoll) in Møre og Romsdal, Norway.
You need advice on how to research in the Norwegian records?