Lyngen Parish, Troms, Norway Genealogy

Norway &gt; Troms County &gt; Lyngen

Church Records
contains parish registers from the parishes Lyngen, Kåfjord, Storfjord and Sørfjord. The records begin in 1756. For the years 1861 to 1871 for Sørfjord parish see Karlsøy clerical district.

Parish heading list shows the Norwegain headings on the parish records with an English translations for each of the different forms used throughout the records beginning in 1814. Prior to that time the records were kept in a journal format which varies with each parish.

Digital images of the church books are online at Digitalarkivet.


 * Lyngen clerical district: 1756-1860, Engagements, 1919-1941, 1914-1919, Birth register, 1916-1924
 * Lyngen clerical district / Lyngen parish: 1859-1913
 * Lyngen clerical district / Sørfjord parish: 1847-1928


 * Lyngen: Den frie apostoliske menighet, 1858-1891

Census Records:

 * Ekstraskattemanntallet 1763 Tromsø fogderi - 1763 tax records for Skjervøy, Lyngen, Tromsø, and Karlsøy parishes in Tromsø tax district, Troms, Norway, can be found on microfilm at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City in Utah.


 * Folketelling 1 Feb 1801, Norge - The 1801 Census for Lyngen Clerical District is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * Folketælling 31 December 1865 - The 1865 Census for Lyngen Clerical District is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives)as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketellingen for kongeriket Norge den 31te desember 1875 - The1875 Census for Lyngen Clerical District is available on microfilm at theFamily History Library. Also available online Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketælling for kongeriget Norge, 1 Jan 1891 - The 1891 Census for Lyngen Clerical District includes Lyngen, Sørfjord, Kåfjord and Storfjord is available on microfilm at the Family History Library


 * Folketælling for Norge, 3 Dec 1900 - The 1900 Census for Lyngen Clerical District is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available onlin at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketelling 1910, Norge - The1910 Census for Lyngen Clerical District is available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) as well as the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

Probate Records
1690-1866 Tromsø judicial district.

1776-1809 Troms County judicial district.

1697-1824 Troms and Senja deanery.

Farm Books

 * by Emil Larssen. A history of Lyngen in Troms county in two volumes. V. 1 is a history of Lyngen clerical district while v. 2 is a history of the farms.

Historical Society
Lyngen Historielag