Leikanger (Leganger) Parish, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Leikanger clerical district includes the following parishes: Leikanger, Fresvik and Feios (Rinde). Included also Tjugum (Balestrand), Mundal (Fjæreland) and Vangsnes until 1849 when they became the parishes in Balestrand clerical district.

are available at the Family History Library.

Digital images of parish records are online for Leikanger, Fresvik, Feios (Rinde).

Leikanger clerical district: 1690-1922

Census Records

 * Fogdernes og sorenskrivernes manntall 1664-1666. The 1664-1666 civil census for Leikanger (Leganger) clerical district include the parishes of Fjærland, Fresvik, Feios, Leikanger, Vangsnes and Balestrand and is available at Digitalarkivet and on microfilm at the Family History Library.


 * Sogneprestenes manntall 1664-1666. The 1664-1666 clerical census for Leikanger (Leganger) clerical district include the parishes of Leikanger, Fresvik, Feios, Vangsnes, Balestrand and Fjærland. This census is avaialble on microfilm at the Family History Library, as well as online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * Manntall 1701 : optatt av fogderi, sorenskrivere og sogne prester ifølge kongebrev av 26 Juli 1701. The 1701 census for Leikanger is available on microfilm at the Family History Library as well as online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * Folketelling 1 Feb 1801, Norge. The 1801 census for Leikanger (Leganger) clerical district include the parishes of Leikanger, Fresvik, Feios, Balestrand, Vangsnes and Fjærland.  This census is available on microfilm at the Family History Library as well as online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).
 * 1801 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1845 folketelling for Leikanger prestegjeld (Sogn og Fjordane). The 1845 census for Leikanger (Leganger) clerical district include the parishes of Feios, Fjærland, Vangsnes, Leikanger, and Balestrand and is available at Digitalarkivet on microfilm at the Family History Library.


 * Folketælling 31 December 1865. The 1865 census for Leikanger (Leganger) clerical district include the parishes of Leikanger, Feios and Fresvik and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library..  This census is also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.
 * 1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * Folketælling for kongeriget Norge den 31te December 1875. The 1875 census for Leikanger clerical district include the parishes of Leikanger, Fresvik and Feios and is available at Digitalarkivet and on microfilm at the Family History Library.


 * Folketælling for Norge, 1891 at Digitalarkivet.


 * Folketælling for Norge, 3 Dec 1900. The 1900 census for Leikanger clerical district include the parishes of Leikanger, Fresvik and Feios and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.  This census is also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 1ste desember 1910. The 1910 census for Leikanger is available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

Farm Books
Leikanger Bygdebok by Roald Lyngvær (1979)

Farm Names
23 Bakken 20 Dalen  8 Eggum, 3 Engesæter  7 Fosse, 6 Fosshage, 13 Frekeland  22 Gjerde, 2 Grinde  19 Haalen, 15 Halland, 10 Hamre indre, 11 Hanehaug, 17 Henjum ,4 Holum, 5 Huke, 12 Husebø  21 Kvaalen14 Leikanger Præstegaard  24 Njøs, 16 Nybø  12 Rævhaugen, 18 Røisum  1 Suppeim

Leikanger Bygdebok: Berdal, Bergheim, Bjørnetun, Borlaug, Breili, Bøtim Dale, Dalen, Djupevik, Drege  Eggum, Engesæter  Feidje, Flete, Fosse, Fosshage, Frekaland  Gjerde, Grinde, Grindedal, Grundeland  Halland, Hamre, Hanehaug, Haukanes, Hatleli, Helland, Henjum, Holen, Holum, Holum (Fresvik), Hov, Huke, Husabø, Høgheim, Håum  Indre Borlaug, Indre Frønningen  Kolåsen, Kvålen  Lagnammsvik og Buene, Lagmannsås, Leikanger (prestegarden), Lunde  Njøs, Nyborg, Nybø  Osen, Otrehjell  Rinde, Røysum  Simlenes, Skau, Smidge, Snytten, Stjernegjerd, Straumsnes, Stølås, Suphammer, Svien, Sætre, Sætrelien  Tingestad, Tjønn, Tretteteig, Tveiten  Ulriksborg  Vigdal  Øyri  Åfet

Probate Records
1698-1882: Probates may be found in Ytre Sogn judicial district.

1766-1810: Clerical probates may be found in Sogn Deanery.