Luleå Domkyrkoförsamling Parish, Norrbotten, Sweden Genealogy

History
In 1962 Örnäset parish was created from Luleå (domkyrkoförsamling.)

(2) Luleå City Parish was formed in 1667 by breaking away from Luleå Parish, which then changed its name to Luleå Parish (the parish changed its name in 1831 to Nederluleå Parish).

The name Luleå parish occurs in parallel with Luleå city parish. Luleå diocese was added in 1904 and the parish was then called Luleå Cathedral Parish. According to information, however, the name was not officially changed until 1962.

The city of Luleå was founded in 1621. The city was founded in 1621 at Luleå parish church, now Gammelstad in Nederluleå parish. However, the city moved closer to the coast in 1649 because the priming of the fairway made it difficult for shipping to access the city at its original location. Due to a large fire in 1657, however, the city moved back to its original location and then after the reconstruction moved again closer to the coast. In 1887, a large fire broke out in the city of Luleå.

Luleå City Council was part of a joint pastorate with Luleå County Council / Nederluleå Parish (mother parish) up to and including 1888. The city then became its own pastorate.

Örnäset parish was broken out of the parish in 1962, which included the districts of Lulsundet, Malmudden, Skurholmen, Bredviken, Örnäset and Svartöstaden. The two parishes formed their own pastorate but formed a church community (joint finances, property management and funeral activities). Luleå church community forms two archives; Luleå church community archives and Luleå church community, the cemetery board's archives. The Luleå church community's archive includes real estate documents for the period before the community's formation in 1962.

Reports of major changes to Luleå Cathedral Parish's boundaries follow below. Additional changes may have occurred without mentioning them in the sources used here.

Of the apartments Ön or Stadsön and Hermansängen, belonging to Luleå city donation land but located within Nederluleå parish, Hermansängen is included in the city. The inhabitants of Stadsön were registered in the church in Nederluleå parish and previously paid the church and municipal fees partly to the country and partly to the city. By royal letter on 10 June 1892, it was decided that the island or Stadsön would from the beginning of 1893 belong both in ecclesiastical and municipal terms to Nederluleå parish, and partly that the so-called Svartöhemmanet or 3/64 mantal Björsby nr 6 and within the area of ​​Luleå city harbor located nine specified islets would be transferred from Nederluleå parish to Luleå city.

By royal letter on 18 May 1894, 3/16 mantle Notviken and the 3/16 mantle broken out from Nederluleå pastoral residence, which was allocated to pay land for the parish priest in Luleå city, from the beginning of 1895 separated from Nederluleå parish and transferred to the city.

According to a royal letter on 31 March 1932, from 1933 certain areas of Nederluleå parish, including Svartöstaden's municipal community and Skurholmsstaden, were transferred to Luleå city. At the same time, part of the city belonging to the parcels was transferred to Nederluleå parish.

Kallax and Notviken, which later belong to the city of Luleå, are listed in Nederluleå parish's house examination books.

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