Loppa Parish, Finnmark, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Microfilm of parish registers available at the for Loppa prestegjeld (clerical district). Contains parish registers for the parishes Loppa, Øksfjord and Hasvik with Galten chapel. Records available form 1753-1909.

Digitized parish registers available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives): Loppa: 1753-1961 Loppa/Hasvik: 1753-1922 Loppa/Loppa: 1753-1961 Loppa/Øksfjord: 1849-1868, 1879-1952

Census Records

 * Folketelling 1 February 1801, Norge. The 1801 census for Loppa clerical district includeLoppa, Hasvik, and Øksfjord, and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.  Also avaialble online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * Folketælling 31 December 1865. The 1865 census for Loppa clerical district include Loppa, Hasvik, and Øksfjord and is available on microfilm at theFamily History Library.  Also available online at https://www.digitalarkivet.no/census/search/1865/38406 Digitalarkviet] (Digital Archives); as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketælling for Norge 31 December 1875. The 1875 census for Loppa clerical district include Loppa, Hasvik, and Øksfjord and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.  Also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives); as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketælling for Norge 1 January 1891. The 1891 census for Loppa is available in a searchable database online at Loppa.


 * Folketælling 1900 for Loppa (Finnmark). This is an extraction of the 1900 census of Loppa, Finnmark, Norway. It includes alphabetical lists of given names, surnames, farm names, and birth places listed in the census. It also includes an extract of entries in the order they appear in the original census.  Available  on microfiche at the Family History Library.


 * Folketælling for Norge, 3 December 1900. The 1900 census for Loppa clerical district include Loppa, Hasvik, and Øksfjord and is avaialble on microfilm at the Family History Library.  Also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.
 * 1900 census for Hasvik available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 1ste destember 1910. The 1910 census forLoppa is available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives); as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

Farm Books
Loppa øy gjennom tidene og slekten Gamst Stmnt.Resp. av Leonh. Gamst Authors Gamst, Leonh. (Leonhard Kristian), 1904- (Main Author)

948.453/L1 D2g FHL INTL Book Available

Volume two is now available as a downloadable PDF file on the internet Loppa bygdebok vol. II.

Genealogy
'''Gamst, Leonhard (Leonhard Kristian), 1904-: Loppa øy gjennom tidene og slekten Gamst. '''A history of Loppa island from 1600-1900 in Finnmark county with a genealogy of the famiy name Gamst.

FHL 948.453/L1 D2

Probate Records
1686-1844: Records are found in Finnmark judicial district.

1839-1891: Records are found in Alta judicial district.