Lyngen Parish, Troms, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
contains parish registers from the parishes Lyngen, Kåfjord, Storfjord and Sørfjord. The records begin in 1756. For the years 1861 to 1871 for Sørfjord parish see Karlsøy clerical district.

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.


 * Lyngen clerical district: 1756-1923, Engagements, 1919-1941, Birth register, 1916-1924, Baptism register, 1895-1928, Printed register 1782-1790
 * Lyngen clerical district / Lyngen parish: 1756-1923, Engagements, 1919-1941, Printed register, 1782-1790
 * Lyngen clerical district / Sørfjord Ullsfjord parish: 1847-1928, Birth register, 1916-1924, Baptism register, 1895-1928, Engagements 1919-1941


 * Lyngen: Den frie apostoliske menighet, 1858-1891

Census Records

 * Bailiff's Census 1664-1666, no. 20: Modern Nordland county, modern Troms county and modern Finnmark county available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * Vicar's Census 1664-1666, no. 36: Lofoten and Vesterålen deanery, Senja deanery and Troms deanery available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * Census (manntall) 1701, no. 19: Senja and Tromsø fogderi available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * Ekstraskattemanntallet 1763 Tromsø fogderi - 1763 tax records for Skjervøy, Lyngen, Tromsø, and Karlsøy parishes in Tromsø tax district, Troms, Norway, can be found on microfilm at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City in Utah.


 * Folketelling 1 Feb 1801, Norge - The 1801 Census for Lyngen Clerical District includes Lyngen, Storfjord, Kåfjord and Sørfjord and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1801 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * Folketælling 31 December 1865 - The 1865 Census for Lyngen Clerical District includes Lyngen, Storfjord and Kåfjord 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.
 * 1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * Folketellingen for kongeriket Norge den 31te desember 1875 - The 1875 Census for Lyngen Clerical District includes Lyngen, Kåfjord, Storfjord and Sørfjord and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketælling for kongeriget Norge, 1 Jan 1891 - The 1891 Census for Lyngen Clerical District includes Lyngen, Sørfjord, Kåfjord and Storfjord is available on microfilm at the Family History Library and online at Digital Archives


 * Folketælling for Norge, 3 Dec 1900 - The 1900 Census for Lyngen Clerical District includes Lyngen, Kåfjord, Storfjord and Sørfjord and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketelling 1910, Norge - The 1910 Census for Lyngen Clerical District is available online at as well as the Norwegian Historical Data Centre and at Digital Archives

Probate Records
1690-1866 Tromsø judicial district.

1776-1809 Troms County judicial district.

1697-1824 Troms and Senja deanery.

Farm Books

 * by Emil Larssen. A history of Lyngen in Troms county in two volumes. V. 1 is a history of Lyngen clerical district while v. 2 is a history of the farms. A farm name index to volume 2 is found in the following link. [[Image:948.452-L1 H2l v2 - LYNGEN-2.pdf]]

Farm Names
The farm number and name of the farms listed in Oluf Rygh Farm Name Index in about 1900 were as follows:

98 Aarøbugten, 104 Aarøen, 13 Bakkejorden, 18 Bakkemoen, 47 Bentsjorden, 51 Berg, 11 Bjørkli,  32 Dalen, 69 Dalen, 1 Djupvik, 99 Drabeng,  95 Einarvik, 48 Elsnes, 78 Elvebakken, 97 Elvejorden, 62 Elvevolden,  100 Fastdalen, 72 Flatvolden, 71 Forhavn,  39 Gjeitan, 14 Grundvaag,  26 Haakjerringberge, 2 Hammervik, 52 Hatten, 67 Havnvik, 52 Helleren, 24 Holmen, 49 Horsnes, 44 Huggenhul,  27 Isfjeld,  19 Kaafjordbotn, 25 Kaafjorddalen, 21 Kaafjordelven, 94 Kalfaret, 82 Karnes indre, 83 Kilapladsen, 58 Kileng, 52 Kirkenes, 53 Kitdalen, 33 Kjerringdalen, 88 Kobbenes, 101 Koppangen, 10 Kroken, 42 Kvalberget, 75 Kvalvik, 76 Kvalvikgruben, 95 Kviteberg,  70 Lanes, 12 Langnes, 38 Lien, 4 Lyngmoen, 85 Lyngseidet, 29 Løkvolden,  30 Mandalen, 79 Mellemjorden, 92 Mortensnes, 57 Mælen,  5 Nordmandvik indre, 39 Nordnes, 20 Nyvolden,  37 Odden, 15 Oksenes, 81 Oksevik, 7 Olderdalen, 43 Olderelven, 55 Oterodden,  84 Parakjorden, 17 Pertengen, 73 Pollen,  66 Rastebynes, 80 Rastejorden, 103 Reindalen, 93 Rottenvik, 40 Rævdalen, 41 Røikenes, 87 Rørnes,  36 Samuelsberg, 35 Sandmælen, 71 Sandvik, 61 Sandøren, 65 Selnes, 28 Skarvdalen, 22 Skatvolden, 46 Skibotn, 96 Skindelven, 63 Skrevolden, 50 Sletnes, 86 Sollien, 64 Storeng, 9 Storsletten, 91 Storsteinnes, 31 Storvolden, 102 Strupen, 59 Stubbeng, 8 Suleng,  16 Troldvik, 56 Tverdalen, 90 Tytebærvik,  89 Uren,  34 Vandet, 7 Vinterdalen, 77 Volden,  6 Ysteby,  74 Ørnes

Historical Society
Lyngen Historielag