The FIL European Luge Championships 1956 took place in
Imst,
Austria under the auspices of the
Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing (FIBT - International Bobsleigh and Tobogganing Federation in (in French)) under their "Section de Luge". It would be the last championship under the FIBT until the formation of the
International Luge Federation (FIL) the following year.