Steigen Parish, Nordland, Norway Genealogy

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:

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

Steigen / Leiranger: 1821-1916

Steigen / Steigen: 1821-1905

Census Records

 * 1664-1666: Sogneprestenes manntall. Includes the parishes of Steigen, Leiranger and Hamarøy and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet
 * 1664-1666: Fogdenes og sorenskrivernes manntall. Includes the parishes of Steigen, Leiranger and Hamarøy and is available online at Digitalarkivet


 * 1701: Manntall. Includes the parishes of Steigen, Leiranger and Hamarøy and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet


 * 1801: Folketellingen. Includes the parishes of Steigen and Leiranger and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet.
 * 1801 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1815: Folketelling. includes the parishes of Steigen and Leiranger and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet.


 * 1865: Folketellingen. Includes the parishes of Steigen and Leiranger and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.
 * 1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1875: Folketellingen. Includes the parishes of Steigen and Leiranger and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.
 * 1875 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1891: Folketellingen. Available in a searchable database at Digitalarkivet
 * 1891 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1900: Folketellingen. Includes the parishes of Steigen and Leiranger and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * 1910: Folketellingen. 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