Steigen Parish, Nordland, Norway Genealogy

Europe Norway Nordland County Steigen

Guide to Steigen, Norway ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

Church Records
Steigen clerical district contains parish registers from the parishes Steigen with Bogen chapel and Leiranger (Ledingen) until 1900.

The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the.

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet:

1686-1727, 1748-1874, 1879-1894, 1917-1934

Steigen / Leiranger: 1821-1916

Steigen / Steigen: 1821-1905

Census Records

 * Sogneprestenes manntall 1664-1666. The 1664-1666 clerical census for Steigen clerical district includes the parishes of Steigen, Leiranger and Hamarøy and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a scanned format at Digitalarkivet aswell as in a searchable index.


 * Manntall 1701: The 1701 census for Steigen (Engel) clerical district includes the parishes of Steigen, Leiranger and Hamarøy and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a scanned format at Digitalarkivet as well as in a searchable index.


 * Folketellingen den 1ste februar 1801, Norge. The 1801 census for Steigen clerical district includes the parishes of Steigen and Leiranger and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet.


 * 1815 folketelling for Steigen prestegjeld (Nordland). The 1815 census for Steigen clerical district includes the parishes of Steigen and Leiranger and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.


 * Folketellingen den 31te desember 1865. The 1865 census for Steigen clerical district includes the parishes of Steigen and Leiranger and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a searchable database at Digitalarkivet and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketellingen for kongeriget Norge den 31te desember 1875. The 1875 census for Steigen clerical district includes the parishes of Steigen and Leiranger and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivetand at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 3dje desember 1900. The 1900 census for Steigen clerical district includes the parishes of Steigen and Leiranger and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a searchable databe at Digitalarkivet and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 1te densember 1910. The 1910 census for Steigen is available in a searchable database at Digitalarkivet and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

Farm Names
68 Aalstad 70 Berg 48 Bogøen 88 Brunes 89 Brunvær 81 Burøen med Valsvær 85 Bø 46 Dybvik 57 Dyping 58 Dypingspollen 89 Eidet 83 Engelvær 38 Finvik 84 Flatøen 50 Fure 63 Grønning 43 Gyldenvandet 65 Hakvaag 93 Hammer 67 Haug 41 Holkestad 54 Holmaak 69 Kalvedalen 52 Knedal 53 Knedalsaasen 76 Korsaksel-Steigen 40 Kvalnes 32 Kvandal 34 Kvandalsmoen 33 Kvandalstranden 59 Lapgamslet 74 Laskestad 38 Laukbakken 48 Lervik 47 Lervikbogen 35 Liland 92 Lillesæter 94 Lund 84 Løvøen 90 Mjelde 60 Mortenstranden 72 Myklebostad 94 Oksøen 82 Røsøen 64 Røtnes nordre 62 Røtnes søndre 42 Skaanland 91 Skagstad 51 Skjelvereid 45 Skjenaust 39 Skotsfjord vestre 36 Skotsfjord østre 44 Skotsfjordmark 61 Skranstad 80 Steigberget 77 Steigen 55 Steinsland 66 Storsæter 37 Under Aasen 75 Vaag 71 Vik 49 Vinsnes 95 Øksnes

Probate Records
1713-1877: Probates are found in Salten judicial district.

1701-1832: Clerical probates are found in Salten Deanery

Historical Society
Steigen Historielag