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The Bentsjord Estate (Norwegian: Bentsjordgodset), also known as the Moursundian Estate (Norwegian: Det moursundske gods), was an estate in Troms, Norway.
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Owners
From 1783, the southern part of the Tromsø Estate belonged to the family Moursund, whose seat was Bentsjord Farm. Through the marriage to Elisabeth Wasmuth, who was the heiress to a part of the Tromsø Estate, Hans Andreas Moursund (died 1802) became the owner of this land. His son was Andreas Røst Moursund (died 1850), whose only son was Hans Andreas Moursund (1818–80). Hans Andreas Moursund the younger started the sale of the estate.
Sale of farms and forest
The estate consisted in 1860 of approximately 300 farm parts in Tromsøysund, Balsfjord, Malangen, and Hillesøy, and of approximately 50,000 daa forest. Many farm parts were in and from 1862 sold to their respective tenant farmers. In 1892, the state bought the forest, which subsequently was sold to the tenant farmers. Bentsjord Farm was in 1890 sold on auction. By 1900, the Bentsjord Estate was in praxis dissolved.