Langesund Parish, Telemark, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Langesund clerical district contains parish registers from Langesund parish. It was separated from Bamble clerical district in 1915. See Bamble clerical district for earlier records.

The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the.

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet:

Langesund: 1783-1973

Bamble: 1702-1814, 1834-1877, 1892-1920, 1948-1973

Bamble / Langesund: 1815-1834

Census Records

 * 1664-1666 Census This census was taken by the local civil authorities. Bamle (Bamble) fogderi b. 6 was for Bambleclerical district. It is on microfilm at the Family History Library on https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F399429 Film 122978 Item 1]

Scanned images are online at Digitalarkivet, Øvre Telemark fogderi, Nedre Telemark fogderi, Bamble fogderi, Manntall 6, 1664. Digitalarkivet also has an online database, Manntall 1663-66 for Bamle, Øvre og Nedre Telemark.


 * 1664-1666 Census Sogneprestenes manntall. Bamle (Bamble) prosti census was taken by the local parish priests. Bamble clerical district included Sannidal, Kragerø parish and Langesund. It is on microfilm at the Family History Library on Film 122968 Item 5

Scanned images are online at Digitalarkivet, Øvre Telemark prosti, Nedre Telemark prosti, Bamble prosti, Manntall 12, 1664 - 1666.


 * 1712 Census A printed version is online at Digitalarkivet, Manntall Skien, Porsgrunn, Brevik og Langesund 1712.


 * 1801 Census The 1801 census (b. 30) for Bamble clerical district included Langesund parish. It is on microfilm at the Family History Library Film 122998 Item 1. A searchable database is online at Digitalarkivet. 1801-telling for 0814 Bamble


 * 1865 Census The 1865 census for Bamble clerical district included Langesund and Stathelle parish. It is on microfilm at the Family History Library Film 123169 Item 3 for Langesund. It is available also in print 948.1 A1 no. 113. A searchable database is online at Digitalarkivet. 1865-telling for 0814 Bamble


 * 1875 Census The 1875 census for Bamble clerical district included Langesund and Stathelle parish. It is on microfilm at the Family History Library Films 255556 Stathelle, 255557 Langesund, 255708-255709 Bamble.


 * 1885 Census Folketelling 1885 for Langesund


 * 1900 Census The 1900 census for Langesund city. It is on microfilm at the Family History Library Films 275744-275746. A searchable database is online at Digitalarkivet. 1900-telling for 0802 Langesund


 * 1910 Census The 1910 census search at Digitalarkivet


 * The census of 1865, 1875 (partial), 1900 and 1910 are also available at the Norwegian Historical Data Center

Probate Records
Bamble judicial district *1665-1869 Family History Library *1665-1852 Digitalarkivet

Telemark and Bamble deanery *1696-1806 Family History Library *1696-1806 Digitalarkivet