Solund

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Solund kommune
—  Municipality  —
Coat of arms Sogn og Fjordane within Norway
Solund within Sogn og Fjordane
Coordinates: 61°7′51″N 4°56′52″E / 61.13083, 4.94778
Country	Norway
County	Sogn og Fjordane
District	Sogn
Municipality ID	NO-1412
Administrative centre	Hardbakke
Government
- Mayor (2003)	Gunn Åmdal Mongstad (Sp)
Area (Nr. 314 in Norway)
- Total	229 km² (88.4 sq mi)
- Land	219 km² (84.6 sq mi)
Population (2008)
- Total	874
- Density	4/km² (10.4/sq mi)
- Change (10 years)	-19.5 %
- Rank in Norway	413
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Official language form	Nynorsk
Demonym	Suling[1]
Data from Statistics Norway
Website: www.solund.kommune.no

Solund is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. Solund (until 1890 named Utvær) was separated from Gulen in 1858. The island of Steinsøy in the municipality is the westernmost point of Norway.

Contents 1 About the Municipality 1.1 The name Solund 1.2 Coat-of-arms 2 References

[edit] About the Municipality

[edit] The name Solund

The name (Norse Sólund, Sólundir plural) originally belonged to the islands of Sula. The meaning of the name is unknown.

Until 1890 the name of the municipality was Utvær - it was then changed to Sulen. The spelling was altered to Solund in 1924.

In Norse times the sea between Norway and Scotland was called Sólundarhaf which means: the sea (haf) of Solund.

[edit] Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from 1990, but is inspired by the coat-of-arms of the medieval noble family from the island of Losna.

[edit] References

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