Bodø Parish, Nordland, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Bodø clerical district contains church records for Bodø parish. Included Bodin and Straumen until 1896. See Folda clerical district for the years 1660-1715.

The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the.

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet:

Bodø: 1713-1724, 1744-1937

Bodø / Bodø (Town Parish): 1879-1910

Bodø / Bodø (Rural Parish): 1879-1893

Folda: 1688-1845, 1870-1900

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints [

Census Records

 * 1664-1666: Sogneprestenes manntall 1664-1666. The 1664-1666 clerical census for Bodø clerical district include the parishes of Bodø, Skjerstad, Fauske, Saltdal, Folda, and Kjerreingøy and is avaialble on microfilm at the Family History Library.  Also available in a scanned format at Digitalarkivet.


 * '''Bailiff's Census 1664-1666, no. 20: Modern Nordland county, modern Troms county and modern Finnmark county Digital Archives


 * 1701: Manntall 1701 : opptatt av fogd, sorenskriver og sogneprest ifølge kongebrev av den 26 juli 1701. The 1701 census for Bodø clerical district include the parishes of Bodø, Skjerstad, Saltdal and Rørstad and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.  Also available in a scanned format at Digitalarkivet.


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


 * 1845: Folketellingen Available online at Digitalarkivet.


 * 1855: Folketellingen Available online at Digitalarkivet.


 * 1865: Folketellingen den 31te desember 1865. The 1865 census for Bodø clerical district include the parishes of Bodø, Bodin and Straumen and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.  Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * 1875: Folketellingen for kongeriket Norge den 31te desember 1875. The 1875 census for Bodø clerical district include the parishes of Bodø, Bodin, and Straumen and is available on microfiche at the Family History Library.  Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre


 * 1885: Folketellingen for Norge, 1885. The 1885 census for Bodø clerical district include the parishes of Bodø, Bodin and Straumen and available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet


 * 1891: Folketellingen for Norge, 1891. The 1891 census for Bodø clerical district include the parishes of Bodø, Bodin and Straumen and available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * 1900: Folketellingen for Norge den 3dje desember, 1900. The 1900 census for Bodø clerical district include the parishes of Bodø, Bodin and Straumen and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.  Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * 1910: Folketellingen for Norge den 1te desember 1910.  The 1910 census for Bodø is available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

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

1701-1832: Clerical probates are found in Salten Deanery