Levanger Parish, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Levanger clerical district contains parish registers from Levanger with Okkenhaug chapel and Frol (Levanger rural parish). These were separated from Skogn clerical district in 1855, for earlier records see Skogn clerical district. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the.

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet:

Levanger / Byen: 1836-1941

Levanger / Landsoknet: 1855-1863, 1875-1917

Levanger / Landsoknet (Frol): 1864-1874, 1918-1940

Skogn / Levanger: 1805-1825, 1828-1836

Skogn: 1747-1803, 1828-1895

Census Records

 * INDHERRED PROSTI I. b. 32 Skogn prestegjeld Alstadhaug Vold tinglag Gjete tinglag Levanger Family History Library INTL Film 122975 Item 3 


 * Vicar's Census 1664-1666, no. 32: Innherad deanery 1663-1666 Manntall for Innherred Deanery database. 


 * STJØRDALEN FOGDERI b. 19 Skogn prestegjeld Gjete tinglag Vold tinglag Family History Library INTL Film 122981 Item 2 


 * '''Bailiff's Census 1664-1666, no. 19: Fosen fogderi, Inderøy fogderi, Selbu fogderi, Namdal fogderi and Stjørdal fogderi Digital Archives.


 * 1801 census for Levanger with Skogn1801 Census for Skogn database.
 * 1801 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * Alstadhaug 1835,1845, 1846,1855, 1856 Ekne 1835,1845, 1846,1856 Skogn 1845,1855 Levanger 1835 Family History Library INTL Film 1283463 Item 1 Skogn, Levanger, Alstadhaug, Ekne sogn og Levanger skoledistrikter 1835 Family History Library INTL Film 1694694 Item 2


 * 1865 Census contains the persons name, residence, status in the family, occupation, sex, marital status, place of birth, age, religion if not a member of the state church, and other miscellaneous information. Each book usually contains one clerical district (prestegjeld). In some books there are two clerical districts recorded. The parishes and school districts in each clerical district are listed at the beginning of each book. Film 123092 Item 1 for Levanger City, 123092 Item 2 for Levanger Clerical District.


 * 1865 census for Levanger 1865 Census database. 
 * 1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1875 census for Levanger Film 273642 and online at Digital Archives.
 * 1875 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1891 census for Levanger Digital Archives.
 * 1891 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1900 census contains the persons name, sex, resident or temporary resident, temporarily absent and where person is, position in the family, marital status, occupation, year of birth, place of birth, citizenship, religion, and other miscellaneous information. Levanger city Film 274699, Levanger land district Films 274721 and 274722


 * 1900 census for Levanger 1900 Census database.


 *  1910 census for Levanger 1910 Census database. 

Farm Books
Vestrum, Arne,Skogns historie, Levanger : i kommission hos B. Turn-Paulsen, 1926-1979. A history of Skogn, Levanger and Frol in Nord-Trøndelag county in v. 1- 4. The genealogies of the people and the farms they lived on are in v. 5-8. FS Library 948.42/S5 H2v

Contents: v. 1. Omfattende Frol og Levanger til 1720 -- v. 2, 1. &amp; 2. halvbind. [Bosætningens og gårdenes historie og eiendomsforhold, og i det 18 århundrede tillike opsitterne og deres familjehold.] -- v. 3. Om Skognområdet i førhistorisk tid -- v. 4a-4b. Ålmenn bygdesoge for Skogn, Frol og Levanger -- v. 5. Levanger By's historie tidsrommet 1836-1989 -- v. 6 I-6 II. Frol I-II Folk og Heimar 1801-1950 -- v. 7. -- v. 8. Markabygda, Ekne -- v. 9. pt. 1. Midt-Skogn -- v. 10. pt.s. 1 &amp; 2. Midt Skogn -- v. 11. pts. 1 &amp; 2. Ytre Skogn -- v. 12. Ovre Skogn.

A farm name index to volume 6 part 1, (Frol) is found in the following link.

Farm Names
57 Aunet 53 Bjøraas 13 Borgsmoen 15 Borgøen 36 Brandan 51 Brekmoen 23 Brusveet 40 Buran 41 Buraunet 20 Bækkenget  27 Damgjerdet  48 Ersaas  51 Flataasen 26 Floan 15 Friborg 27 Frivolden  24 Gjeite 24 Gjeitesvolden 31 Gjeitsæte 28 Gran 7 Grevskot 38 Gustad  60 Halsan 60 Halsaunet 54 Halvardaasen 8 Hauskot 25 Hegle 27 Heir 27 Heirsaunet 31 Hojem 31 Hojemsaunet 44 Holmmoen 55 Hægeraasen 32 Høgaasen  51 Iverpladsen  58 Kjølaas 5 Kleven 37 Kløvjan 47 Kolberg  52 Langaas 23 Leiren 29 Leveraas 34 Lian 15 Linsveet 58 Løvaasen 37 Løvhaugen  57 Matberg 62 Mo 10 Mule 51 Munkberget 51 Munkby 30 Munkrøstad 39 Myrenget  60 Nesjan 61 Nordberg 59 Nordmarken 50 Nygaarden  36 Okkenhaug  46 Reistad 3 Reitan 1 Rindan 2 Rindaunet 13 Rokne 35 Rolien 20 Røstad 21 Røstadleiren  52 Sagbakken 47 Sagmarken 4 Salthammer 6 Sandsaunet 33 Segtnan 49 Sellelien 45 Skaagset 11 Skaanes 51 Slaatsveet 57 Steinlien 15 Storborg 4 Svedjan 14 Sæter 19 Søgstad 51 Sørlien  56 Tingstad 52 Tvaaraasen 17 Tynes 9 Tynesaunet  23 Ulve 23 Ulvesleiren  31 Vaattahaugen 43 Venaas  12 Østborg

Probate Records
1691-1823: Probates are found in Stjørdal og Verdal judicial district.

1691-1808: Clerical probates are found in Innherad Deanery