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Vest-Agder kirkebøker - parish records


About this list:

    I have compiled the information on this list from the LDS Family History Library Catalog as well as from information from the web site of the Norwegian National Archives.  It contains a list of the parish records - kirkebøker - from Vest-Agder that have been microfilmed. Parish records that have not been microfilmed are not included in this list, and these parish records can only be viewed at the Norwegian State Archive if they are more than 60 years old.
     I have translated the word prestegjeld as "clerical district" and the word sokn as "parish". This is the convention used in the LDS Family History Catalog.
 

Audnedal - see Undal Gyland Kvås Tonstad
Austad Halse (Halsaa) Laudal Tveit
Bakke Hartmark Lista Undal (Audnedal)
Bjelland Herad Lyngdal (Å) Vanse - see Lista
Eiken Hidra Mandal Vennesla
Farsund Holum Nes Øvre Sirdal (Lunde)
Feda Hægebostad Oddernes Øvrebø
Finsland Hægeland Randesund Øyslebø
Fjotland Konsmo Spangereid Åseral
Flekkefjord Kristiansand Spind Dissenter congregations:
Greipstad Kristiansand Tukthus Søgne
Grindheim Kvinesdal (Liknes) Sør-Audnedal (Valle)



 

Undal (Audnedal)

The old Undal (Audnedal) clerical district was divided in two by royal proclamation on 10 July 1844. The parishes of Vigmostad and Konsmo became the new Nord-Audnedal (Nordre Undal) clerical district, while the parishes Valle and Spangereid formed the new Sør-Audnedal clerical district.  The LDS Family History Catalog does not have a separate entry for the old Undal (Audnedal) clerical district, but instead has the parish records listed under Nord-Audnedal (Nordre Undal) clerical district and Sør-Audnedal clerical district, respectively.


Austad

Austad parish is part of Lyngdal clerical district.


Bakke

Bakke parish records are available on microfilm for the time period 1724 - 1927.  Bakke clerical district consisted of the following parishes: Bakke, Gyland (until 1893), Øvre Sirdal (Lunde) and Tonstad. They were separated out from the combined Lund clerical district in Rogaland county in 1741.
     In 1854 the parishes Øvre Sirdal and Tonstad were separated out from Bakke clerical district to form Sirdal (Tonstad) clerical district.
 


Bjelland

Bjelland parish records are available on microfilm for the time period 1727 - 1924.  Bjelland clerical district consists of the following parishes: Bjelland, Grindheim (Grindum) (until 1900), Finsland, and Åseral (until 1858).  In 1858 the parish of Åseral was separated out to form the new Åseral clerical district.
 


Eiken (Egen)

Eiken (Egen) parish is part of Hægebostad clerical district.
 


Farsund

The first church in Farsund was built in 1785. Farsund was part of Lista (Vanse) clerical district until 04 January 1948, when the city of Farsund parish and Farsund rural parish were separated out to form Farsund clerical district.
     Note: All parish records from Farsund are listed in the LDS Family History Center catalog under Lista (Vanse) clerical district.
 


Feda

Feda is a parish in Kvinesdal clerical district.  When the original Kvinesdal clerical district was divided in 1753 into Øvre Kvinesdal clerical district and Nedre Kvinesdal clerical district, Feda parish was transferred to the newly created Nedre Kvinesdal clerical district.  In 1841 the name of this clerical district was changed to Kvinesdal clerical district.  Information about parish records for Feda are found under Kvinesdal clerical district.
 


Finsland

Finsland parish was part of Bjelland clerical district until this clerical district was closed down in 1969.  Finsland parish was then transferred to Søgne clerical district.
     Note: All parish records from Finsland are listed in the LDS Family History Center catalog under Bjelland clerical district.


Fjotland

Fjotland parish records are available on microfilm for the time period 1710-1924.  Fjotland clerical district consists of the following parishes: Fjotland parish. It was annexed to Kvinesdal (Nedre Kvinesdal) clerical district until 1753, Hægebostad (Øvre Kvinesdal) clerical district from 1753 to 1841 and back to Kvinesdal clerical district from 1841 to 1857.  In 1857 it became its own clerical district.  By royal proclamation on 06 December 1873 the farm Knabeneset was transferred from Fjotland parish to Tonstad parish in Sirdal (Tonstad) clerical district.  By royal proclamation on 06 December 1902, the farms Knabeneset, Salmeli, Solhom and Homstøl were transferred from Tonstad parish in Sirdal (Tonstad) clerical district to Fjotland parish.
 


Flekkefjord

Flekkefjord parish records are available on microfilm for the time period 1724-1931.  Flekkefjord clerical district consists of the following parishes: Nes with Flekkefjord city and Hidra (Hitterø).  Nes and Flekkefjord were separated out from Lund clerical district in Rogaland county and Hidra from Sokndal clerical district in Rogaland county in 1820.
     Note:  Flekkefjord also had a dissenter congregation: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Flekkefjord Branch.  Congregation records are available on microfilm for the time period 1899 - 1904


Greipstad

Greipstad parish was part of Oddernes clerical district until 1604.  In that year the parishes of Søgne and Greipstad were separated out to form Søgne clerical district.  Information about parish records from Greipstad parish is listed under Søgne clerical district
 


Grindheim

Grindheim parish belonged to Bjelland clerical district until this clerical district was closed down in 1969.  Grindheim parish was then transferred to Nord-Audnedal clerical district.  Information about parish records from Grindheim parish is listed under Bjelland clerical district
 


Gyland

The parishes of Bakke, Gyland and Tonstad were by royal proclamation on 03 February 1741 separated out from Lund clerical district in Rogaland county to create Bakke clerical district.  By royal proclamation on 25 February 1854, Tonstad parish was separated out from Bakke clerical district to form its own clerical district called Sirdal (Tonstad) clerical district. Information about Gyland parish records is listed under Bakke clerical district
 


Halse (Halsaa)

Halse (Halsaa) parish is part of Mandal clerical district.  Information about Halse (Halsaa) parish records is listed under Mandal clerical district.
 


Hartmark

Hartmark parish was until 1788 part of Holum clerical district. When this clerical district was divided by royal proclamation on 26 September 1788, the parishes of Halse, Mandal and Hartmark formed a new Mandal clerical district. Information about Hartmark parish records is listed under Mandal clerical district.
 


Herad

Herad parish records are available on microfilm for the time period 1692 - 1893.  Herad clerical district consists of the following parishes: Herad (Herred) and Spind. They were separated from Lista (Vanse) clerical district in 1828.
 


Hidra

Hidra parish was part of Sokndal clerical district in Rogaland fylke (county) until 1820. By royal proclamation on 31 January 1820, Hidra parish was transferred to Flekkefjord clerical district.  Information about Hildra parish records is found under Sokndal clerical district in Rogaland fylke (county) and Flekkefjord clerical district.
     Note:  A typewritten extract of the church records of Hidra parish for the time period 1729 - 1740 has been made by Ola Aurenes.  Information about this extract is included in the LDS Family History Center Catalog.


Holum

Holum parish records are available on microfilm for the time period 1720-1926.  Holum clerical district consists of the following parishes: Holum (Holme), Øyslebø (Oislebø) and Laudal.  Prior to 26 September 1788 this clerical district also included the parishes Halse, Mandal and Hartmark which were separated out to become Mandal clerical district.  The farm Østre Kjær was on 21 January 1855 transferred from Holum parish to Øyslebø parish.
 


Hægebostad

Hægebostad parish records are available on microfilm for the time period 1710 - 1907.  Hægebostad clerical district consists of the following parishes: Hægebostad (Øvre Kvinesdal), Eiken (Egen) and Fjotland (until 1841). These three parishes were separated from the combined Liknes (Kvinesdal) clerical district in 1753, to form Øvre Kvinesdal clerical district.  (The name was changed to Hægebostad clerical district in 1841).
     In 1841 Fjotland parish was transferred to Kvinesdal (Nedre Kvinesdal) clerical district, but in 1857 this parish was separated out from Kvinesdal (Nedre Kvinesdal) clerical district to become became Fjotland clerical district.
 


Hægeland

Hægeland parish belonged to Oddernes clerical district until 1645 when the parishes of Oddernes, Øvrebø, Vennesla and Hægeland were transferred to Kristiansand clerical district. By royal proclamation on 05 April 1704 the parishes of Oddernes with Øvrebø, Vennesla and Hægeland were separated out from Kristiansand clerical district to form Oddernes clerical district.  By royal proclamation on 01 November 1805 the parishes of Øvrebø, Vennesla and Hægeland were separated out from Oddernes clerical districtrict to form Øvrebø clerical district.  A royal proclamation on 22 June 1905 decided that Vennesla parish should become the main parish in this clerical district as soon as the Øvrebø vicarage (parsonage) could be sold.  Øvrebø clerical district was then renamed Vennesla clerical district. The LDS Family History Library Catalog lists information about Hægeland parish records under Vennesla clerical district.


Konsmo

The old Undal (Audnedal) clerical district was divided in two by royal proclamation on 10 July 1844. The parishes of Vigmostad and Konsmo became the new Nord-Audnedal (Nordre Undal) clerical district.  The LDS Family History Library Catalog lists information about Konsmo parish records under Nord-Audnedal (Nordre Undal)  clerical district.
 


Kristiansand

Kristiansand parish records are available on microfilm for the time period 1734 - 1933.  Kristiansand clerical district consists of the following parishes:  Kristiansands Cathedral church. The city of Kristiansand was established in 1641, and until 1645 the city belonged to Oddernes clerical district, but in that year a church was built in Kristiansand, and the city parish then became the main parish in the clerical district which was renamed Kristiansand clerical district.  The other parishes in this clerical district were Oddernes, Øvrebø, Vennesla and Hægeland.
     By royal proclamation on 05 April 1704, the parishes of Oddernes, Øvrebø, Vennesla and Hægeland were separated out from Kristiandsand clerical district to form Oddernes clerical district.  One century later, by royal proclamation on 01 November 1805, Oddernes parish was transferred back to Kristiansand clerical district.  This lasted only 25 years, because a royal proclamation on 16 September 1825, once again transferred Oddernes parish out from Kristiansand clerical district to Oddernes clerical district.  (In the same proclamation, the parishes of Øvrebø, Vennesla and Hægeland were separated out from Oddernes clerical district to create Øvrebø clerical district, which was later renamed Vennesla clerical district.)

     Note 1.  See also Kristiansand Tukthus parish
     Note 2.  The earliest church records for Kristiansand were lost when the city burned in May of 1734, however some marriages and burials can be found in "Norsk slektshistorisk tidsskrift IV", 1934, pages 52-72.
     Note 3.  The LDS Family History Library Catalog lists information about parish records for the parishes of Øverbø, Vennesla and Hægeland are listed under Vennesla clerical district.  Information about the parish records for Oddernes and Randesund under Oddernes clerical district.
     Note 4.  There were two dissenter congregations in Kristiansand:
          a) Den Katolske Apostoliske Menighet.  Congregation records are available on microfilm for the time period 1896 - 1925
          b) Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Kristiansand Branch. Record of members are available on microfilm for the time period 1856 - 1912.
 


Kristiansand Tukthus

Kristiansand Tukthus parish records are available on microfilm for the time period 1840 - 1875.  (Kristiansand Tukthus was the penitentiary in Kristiansand).


Kvås

Kvås parish belongs to Lyngdal clerical district.
 


Laudal

Laudal parish belonged to Holum clerical district until 1970, when it was transferred to Marnardal clerical district along with the parishes of Bjelland, Øyslebø and Laudal.  The LDS Family History Catalog lists information about Laudal parish recrods under Holum clerical district.
 


Kvinesdal (Liknes)

Kvinesdal parish records are available on microfilm for the time period 1710 - 1916.  Kvinesdal clerical district consists of the following parishes: Kvinesdal (Liknes) and Feda. The old combined Kvinesdal clerical district was in 1753 divided into two clerical districts: 1) Nedre Kvinesdal (which is now called Kvinesdal) with the parishes Liknes and Feda; and  2) Øvre Kvinesdal (which is now called Hægebostad) with the parishes Hægebostad, Eiken and Fjotland.
     In 1841 Nedre Kvinesdal clerical district was renamed Kvinesdal clerical district, and in the same year Fjotland parish was transferred back to Kvinesdal clerical district from Øvre Kvinesdal clerical district.
     In 1857 Fjotland parish was separated out to become Fjotland clerical district, and in 1917 Liknes parish was renamed Kvinesdal parish.


Lista

Lista parish records are available on microfilm for the time period 1691 - 1923.  Lista clerical district consists of the following parishes: Lista (Vanse), Farsund, Herad (Herred) until 1828 and Spind until 1828.  By royal proclamation on 29 January 1828, the parishes of Herad and Spind were separated out to form the new Herad clerical district.
 


Lyngdal (Å)

Lyngdal parish records are available on microfilm for the time period 1727 - 1913. Lyngdal clerical district consists of the following parishes: Lyngdal (Å), Austad and Kvås (Qvås).  In 1908 Å parish was renamed Lyngdal parish.
 


Mandal

Mandal parish records are available on microfilm for the time period 1729 - 1931.  Mandal clerical district consists of the following parishes: Halse (Halsaa) with Mandal city and Harkmark. They were separated out from Holum clerical district in 1788.
     For earlier parish records see Holum clerical district
 


Nes

Nes parish and Flekkefjord parish originally belonged to Lund clerical district.  In 1820 these two parishes and Hidra parish from Sokndal clerical district in Rogaland were separated out to form Flekkefjord clerical district.  For parish records from Nes see Flekkefjord clerical district.


Nord Audnedal

Nord Audnedal parish records are available on microfilm for the time period 1726 - 1931.  The old Undal (Audnedal) clerical district was divided in two by royal proclamation on 10 July 1844. The parishes of Vigmostad and Konsmo became the new Nord-Audnedal (Nordre Undal)  clerical district, while the parishes Valle and Spangereid formed the new Sør-Audnedal clerical district.  The LDS Family History Catalog does not have a separate entry for the old Undal (Audnedal) clerical district, but instead has the parish records listed under Nord-Audnedal (Nordre Undal) clerical district and Sør-Audnedal clerical district, respectively.
 


Oddernes

Oddernes parish records are available on microfilm for the time period 1692 - 1933.  Oddernes clerical district consists of the following parishes:  Oddernes and Randesund.  From 1645 until 1704 the parishes of Oddernes,  Øvrebø, Vennesla and  Hægeland belonged to Kristiansand clerical district, but in that year these parishes were separated out to form Oddernes  clerical district.
     By royal proclamation on 01 November 1805, with an effective date of 1814, Oddernes parish was transferred back to Kristiansand clerical district, and the parishes Øverbø, Vennesla and Hægeland became Vennesla (Øverbø) clerical district.  (All parish records for these the parishes Øverbø, Vennesla and Hægeland are listed under Vennesla (Øverbø) clerical district).
     By royal proclamation on 16 August 1825 Oddernes was separated out from Kristiansand clerical district to form Oddernes clerical district again with the parishes Oddernes and Randesund.
     Randesund parish was created by royal proclamation on 31 August 1861, and Randesund church was buildt in 1864. The farms Øvre Strømme, Hånes, Berhus, Øvre and Nedre Timenes were in 1861 transferred from Tveit parish to Randesund parish.  However, baptisms, confirmations, marriages, and burials for persons from these farms were listed in the Tveit parish records until the end of 1864.  In 1861 the farms Vatne, Ådnevig, Eftevåg, Grønnevoll and Romstøl were transferred from Høvåg parish to Randesund parish.
     Note: The Klokkerbok (sexton copies of the parish records) for the years 1808 - 1820 have been lost.
 


Randesund

Randesund parish belongs to Oddernes clerical district, and information about parish records from Randesund are listed under that clerical district.  Randesund parish was created by royal proclamation on 31 August 1861, and Randesund church was buildt in 1864. The farms Øvre Strømme, Hånes, Berhus, Øvre and Nedre Timenes were in 1861 transferred from Tveit parish to Randesund parish.  However, baptisms, confirmations, marriages, and burials for persons from these farms were listed in the Tveit parish records until the end of 1864.  In 1861 the farms Vatne, Ådnevig, Eftevåg, Grønnevoll and Romstøl were transferred from Høvåg parish to Randesund parish.
 


Spangereid

Spangereid parish belonged to Undal (Audnedal) clerical district until this clerical district was divided by royal proclamation on 10 July 1844.  Spangereid parish and Valle parish were then separated out to form the new Søndre Undal (Sør-Audnedal) clerical district.  All parish records for Spangereid parish are listed under Søndre Undal (Sør-Audnedal) clerical district
 


Spind

The parishes of Spind and Herad belonged to Lista (Vanse) clerical district until 1828.  By royal proclamation on 29 January 1828 these two parishes were separated out from Lista (Vanse) clerical district  to form Herad clerical district.  All parish records for Spind parish are listed under Herad clerical district.
 


Søgne

Søgne parish records are available on microfilm for the time period 1716 - 1931.  Søgne clerical district consists of the following parishes:  Søgne and Greipstad.
     The parishes of Søgne and Greipstad originally belonged to Oddernes clerical district until 1604, when they were separated out to form Søgne clerical district.
     Note: The parish records for 1759 - 1770 have been lost.
 


Sør-Audnedal (Valle)

Sør-Audnedal (Valle) parish records are available on microfilm for the time period 1726 - 1915.  Sør-Audnedal (Valle)
clerical district consists of the following parishes: Valle and Spangereid. They were separated from the combined Undal clerical district in 1844.
 


Tonstad (Sirdal)

Tonstad parish belonged to Lund clerical district until 1741.  In that year the parishes of Bakke, Gyland and Tonstad were separated out to form Bakke clerical district.  In 1854 Bakke clerical district was divided such that Sirdal (Tonstad) parish became Tonstad (Sirdal) clerical district.  By royal proclamation on 29 October 1847 Øvre Sirdal (Lunde) became an annex parish under Tonstad (Sirdal). The farm Knabeneset was transferred by royal proclamation on 25 October 1873 from Fjotland parish in Fjotland clerical district to Tonstad parish.  However, by royal proclamation on 06 December 1902 the Knabeneset farm was transferred back to Fjotland parish along with the farms Salmeli, Solhom and Homstøl.
 


Tveit

Tveit parish records are available on microfilm for the time period 1794 - 1914.  Tveit clerical district consists of the following parishes: Tveit parish. It also included Birkenes parish until 1905 when this parish became its own clerical district and was transferred to Aust-Agder county.  By royal proclamation on 31 August 1861 the farms Øvre Strømme, Hånes, Øvre Timenes and Nedre Timenes and Berhus were transferred from Tveit parish to Randesund parish.  However, the parish records for Tveit continued to cover baptisms, confirmations, marriages, and funerals for these farms until the end of 1864.
 


Vanse

Vanse parish is part of Lista clerical district.
 


Vennesla

Vennesla parish records are available on microfilm for the time period 1741 - 1933.  Vennesla clerical district consists of the following parishes: Vennesla (Vennesland), Øvrebø and Hægeland (Heggeland). These parishes belonged to Oddernes clerical from 1704, which at that time also included Oddernes parish. In 1805 the parishes Vennesla (Vennesland), Øvrebø and Hægeland (Heggeland) were separated out from Oddernes clerical district to form Øvrebø clerical district, with Øverbø as the main parish. In 1905 it was decided that Vennesla was to become the main parish in the clerical district, and the clerical district then changed its name to Vennesla clerical district.
     By royal proclamation on 06 December 1854, the farm Skjervedal was transferred from Birkenes parish to Vennesla parish.
 


Vigmostad


Vigmostad parish is part of Nord-Audnedal clerical district.
 


Øvre Sirdal (Lunde)

Øvre Sirdal (Lunde) parish was by royal proclamation on 29 October 1847 separated out from Tonstad parish to become its own parish in Tonstad (Sirdal) clerical district.  For information about parish records from Øvre Sirdal (Lunde) see Tonstad (Sirdal) clerical district.
 


Øvrebø

See Vennesla clerical district.
 


Øyslebø

Øyslebø parish is part of Holum clerical district.
 


Åseral

Åseral parish records are available on microfilm for the time period 1727 - 1919.  Åseral clerical district consists of the following parishes: Åseral parish.  This parish was separated out from Bjelland clerical district in 1858 to form Åseral clerical district.


Dissenter congregations in Vest-Agder:

Den Katolske Apostoliske menighet (Kristiansand)

  • Congregation records are available on microfilm for the time period 1896 - 1925.
  • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints



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