Trondenes Parish, Troms, Norway Genealogy

Norway &gt; Troms County &gt; Trondenes

Church Records
contains parish registers for the parishes Trondenes with Harstad, Skånland and Sandtorg. It included parishes Bjarkøy (Sand) and Sandsøy from 1813 until 1875, which were annexed to Trondenes clerical district during that time. Records begin in 1744.

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.


 * Trondenes clerical district: 1744-1803, 1821-1841, 1863-1870, 1878-1916; Engagements, 1919-1940; birth register, 1916-1925
 * Trondenes clerical district / Trondenes parish: 1795-1878, 1899-1918
 * Trondenes clerical district / Sand (Bjarkøy) parish: 1797-1865
 * Trondenes clerical district / Søvik parish: 1891-1916

Census Records:
1664-1666 Census/manntall for Trondenes can be found at the family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah

SENJEN prosti b. 36 Trondenes prestegjeld Trondenes sogn Kvæfjord anneks Sand (Bjarkøy) anneks Torsken anneks Gryllefjord anneks Berg anneks Mefjord anneks Øifjord anneks Hillesø (Hillesøy) anneks FHL INTL Film 122976 Item 4

1701 Census for Trondenes can be found at the family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah The census of 1701 was taken for military purposes. It lists only the males living in rural districts who were over the age of one year. It includes the farm name, name and age of the owner, names and ages of sons and servants. Also includes the residence of all unmarried males living away from home when the census was taken.

Troms fylke b. 19 Senjen (Senja) fogderi Trondenes sogn Sand tingstad FHL INTL Film 122985 Item 5

1801 Census for Trondenes

1865 Census for Trondenes

1875 Census for Trondenes

1891 Census for Trondenes  can be found at the family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah

Trondenes prestegjeld FHL INTL Fiche 6350069 Fiches 1-25 Trondenes prestegjeld en del av Ofoten prestegjeld FHL INTL Fiche 6350069 Fiches 26-32

1900 Census for Trondenes

1910 Census for Trondenes

Probate Records
1706-1877 Senja judicial district.

1776-1809 Troms County judicial district.

1697-1824 Troms and Senja deanery.

Farm Books

 * by Bergljot Holte Bjørkenes and Margareth Jensen. Lineage book covering the whole of old Trondenes Prestegjeld consisting of Harstad and Trondenes parishes. Text in Norwegian.


 * by Trygve Lysaker. A history of Trondenes with Harstad, Skånland, and Sandtorg in Trondenes clerical district in Troms county and a genealogy of the people and their farms. Text in Norwegian.