Flakstad Parish, Nordland, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Flakstad clerical district contains parish registers from the parishes Flakstad and Moskenes with Reine chapel. Flakstad was separated from Buksnes (Lofoten) clerical district in 1740. For earlier records see Buksnes clerical district.

The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the.

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet:

Flakstad: 1792-1877

Flakstad / Flakstad: 1847-1929

Flakstad / Moskenes: 1843-1935

Flakstad / Reine: 1916-1935

Buksnes: 1704-1748, 1773-1793, 1817-1885

Census Records

 * 1664-1666, 1701 see Buksnes clerical district.


 * 1801: Folketellingen den 1ste februar 1801, Norge. The 1801 census for Flakstad clerical district includes the parishes of Flakstad and Moskenes and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet.
 * 1801 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1865: Folketellingen den 31te desember 1865. The 1865 census for Flakstad clerical district includes the parishes of Flakstad and Moskenes and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.
 * 1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1875: Folketellingen for kongeriket Norge den 31te desember 1875. The 1875 census for Flakstad clerical district includes the parishes of Flakstad and Moskenes and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.
 * 1875 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1891: Folketellingen for Norge. Available online at Digitalarkivet.


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


 * 1910: Folketellingen for Norge den 1te desember 1910. The 1910 census for Flakstad clerical district includes the parishes of Flakstad and Moskenes and is available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

Farm Names
38 Andopen, 17 Andopsnes 31 Bø  30 Flakstad Præstegaard  21 Hovden  32 Kilan, 20 Krystad, 44 Kvalvik  19 Marken, 24 Mevold, 35 Myrland  37 Napp med Haarberget, 41 Nesland, 40 Nusfjord  29 Ramberg, 24 Reinen  26 Sand indre, 27 Sand ytre, 36 Sandnes, 18 Selfjord, 42 Skjelfjord, 28 Stokvik, 16 Strømsnes, 39 Strømøen, 15 Sund  22 Valle søndre, 23 Valle øvre, 33 Vareid, 34 Vikten, 24 Volden

Probate Records
1673-1879: Probates are found in Lofoten og Versterålen judicial district.