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

 * Sogneprestenes manntall 1664-1666. The 1664-1666 clerical census for Steigen clerical district includes the parishes of Steigen, Leiranger and Hamarøy and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a scanned format at Digitalarkivet aswell as in a searchable index.


 * Manntall 1701: The 1701 census for Steigen (Engel) clerical district includes the parishes of Steigen, Leiranger and Hamarøy and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a scanned format at Digitalarkivet as well as in a searchable index.


 * Folketellingen den 1ste februar 1801, Norge. The 1801 census for Steigen clerical district includes the parishes of Steigen and Leiranger and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet.


 * 1815 folketelling for Steigen prestegjeld (Nordland). The 1815 census for Steigen clerical district includes the parishes of Steigen and Leiranger and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.


 * Folketellingen den 31te desember 1865. The 1865 census for Steigen clerical district includes the parishes of Steigen and Leiranger and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a searchable database at Digitalarkivet and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketellingen for kongeriget Norge den 31te desember 1875. The 1875 census for Steigen clerical district includes the parishes of Steigen and Leiranger and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivetand at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 3dje desember 1900. The 1900 census for Steigen clerical district includes the parishes of Steigen and Leiranger and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a searchable databe at Digitalarkivet and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 1te densember 1910. The 1910 census for Steigen is 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