Sveio Parish, Hordaland, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Microfilm of parish registers are available at the FamilySearch Library for Sveio clerical district). Contains parish registers for the parishes Sveio (Sveen), Vikebygd and Valestrand in Sveio clerical district. Sveio (Sveen) was separated from Finnås clerical district and Vikebygd from Fjelberg clerical district in 1861. Valestrand was separated from Stord clerical district and Øklandsgrenden from Moster parish of Finnås clerical district in 1870. See these clerical districts for earlier years. Records available from 1851-1926.

Digital images of parish records are online for Sveio.

Sveio clerical district: 1861-1948

Census Records
Earlier records see also Finnås.


 * 1664-1666 Bailiff's Census for Sveio available online at Digitalarkivet


 * 1663-1666 Church Census for Sveio available online at Digitalarkivet


 * 1701 Census for Sveio available online at Digitalarkivet


 * 1801 Census for Finnås available online at Digitalarkivet (include Sveio parish)  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1815 Census for Sveio available online at Digitalarkivet (use the one with both scan and Search source only)


 * 1865 Census for Sveio available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1875 Census for Sveio clerical district included, Sveio, Valestrand and Vikebygd parishes. It is on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library and available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives)  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1891 Census for Fana clerical district available online at Digitalarkivet. at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1900 Census for Sveio clerical district included, Sveio, Valestrand and Vikebygd parishes. It is on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library and available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives)


 * 1910 Census for Sveio available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives)


 * 1920 census for Sveio available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives)


 * 1907, 1910, 1913, 1916 Voter Register for Sveio available online at Digitalarkivet


 * The census of 1865, 1875 (partial), 1900 and 1910 are also available at the Norwegian Historical Data Center

Farm Books
Steinsbø, Simon, Gards- og ættesoge for Sveio, Sveio: Sveio Kommune, c1986 - c1987. A genealogy of the people and their farms in Sveio and Valestrand in Hordaland county, Norway. Contents: b. 1. Gamle Valestrand kommune -- b. 2. Skulekrinsane Bua, Vikse, Vandaskog og Sveio -- b. 3. Lid skulekrins og gamle Vestre Vikebygd. Farm name indexes to volumes 2 and 3 are found in the following links. ,

Farm Names
The farm number and name of the farms listed in Oluf Rygh Farm Name Index in about 1900 were as follows: 47 Aasbu 41 Aase 56 Aastø 56 Aastøleitet 63 Afløipet 89 Apeland nordre 72 Bakkene 74 Birkeland 92 Bjelland 79 Botsviken 87 Braatveit vestre 87 Bruervold 52 Bue  70 Dalen 101 Drange 81 Dynje  73 Ekrene 79 Eljeraas 56 Eltrevaag 46 Emberland  80 Fjon 43 Færaas  54 Grimstveit  96 Haukaas 93 Hinderli 55 Hovde  45 Kinn 86 Krossgot 82 Kvalvaag 88 Kvernedalen 56 Kverneneset  44 Lauvaas 91 Li 99 Lier nedre 53 Lier vestre 77 Lindøen 50 Lodseneset 51 Lokne 57 Lyngholmen  97 Moldbrekken 85 Mækjeland 60 Mølstre nordre 61 Mølstrevaagnes  84 Nese 48 Neset 64 Neset 98 Nonsli 56 Nordbø 42 Nordskog 80 Notebakken  102 Rød 58 Rødmyr  56 Sandviken 65 Skaaleskog 56 Skiftestad 66 Strømmen 67 Strømsvold 40 Sveen 58 Søllesviken  48 Tjernagel nordre 49 Tjernagelsholmen 75 Tveit ytre 95 Tveite 94 Tveiteli 78 Tveiteskog 68 Tveitestøl  76 Uren  71 Vaage nordre 72 Vaage søndre 83 Vaage østre 59 Vandeskog 69 Vikse vestre

For two larger lists of farm names, click below, then click again on the next link.





Probate Records
1668-1887: Records are found in Sunnhordaland judicial district.

1690-1877: Clerical probate records are found in Sunnhordaland Deanery.