Pantebøker, with Jeff Huset

Pantebøker

with Jeff Huset

Pantebøker are historical Norwegian mortgage and property deed books used to officially register (tinglysning) legal agreements and transactions related to real estate. These records are a crucial historical and genealogical resource because they contain official copies (avskrifter or kopier) of documents such as 

Deeds (skjøter) for land transfers,

Mortgages (pantebrever) and other loan agreements,

Rental/Cottager's contracts (husmannssedler),

Pension contracts (føderåd) outlining agreements for care as part of an inheritance, 

Surveys (målebrev) and property divisions (skylddelinger) and

Servitudes and other agreements concerning property rights.