Editing Solund (section)

==General information==
[[File:Solund 01.jpg|thumb|left|Aerial view of the islands]]
[[File:07 Ospa Narrows (5671768385).jpg|thumb|left|View of the Ospa narrows strait]]
''Utvær'' was established as a [[List of municipalities of Norway|municipality]] in 1858. The two sub-parishes, or ''sokn'', of Solund and Husøy were separated from the [[Gulen (municipality)|Gulen]] [[Church of Norway|parish]] ''([[prestegjeld]])'' to form the new municipality and parish of ''Utvær'' at that time. The initial population of Utvær was 1,384.<ref name="Dag" />

On 1 January 1888, the Krakken farm (population: 17) on the extreme northeastern part of Sula island was transferred from [[Hyllestad Municipality]] and eight farms in the [[Hersvikbygda]] area (population: 317) on northern Sula island were transferred from [[Askvoll Municipality]] and they were all added to the municipality of Utvær.<ref name="Dag">{{Cite book |last=Jukvam |first=Dag |url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf |title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen |publisher=[[Statistics Norway|Statistisk sentralbyrå]] |year=1999 |isbn=9788253746845 |language=no}}</ref>

On 1 July 1890, the municipal name of ''Utvær'' was changed to ''Sulen''. The spelling was later altered to ''Solund'' by royal decree on 16 November 1923. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. On 1 January 1964, the island of [[Losna (island)|Losna]] (population: 40) was transferred from [[Gulen Municipality]] to Solund.<ref name="Dag" /><ref name="em">{{Cite web |last=Natvik |first=Oddvar |date=9 February 2005 |title=Some historical data on the 26 Kommunes |url=http://www.emigration.no/sff/emigration3.nsf/0/326D0346278A5909C1256F570048962C?OpenDocument |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080613141425/http://www.emigration.no/sff/emigration3.nsf/0/326D0346278A5909C1256F570048962C?OpenDocument |archive-date=13 June 2008 |access-date=13 June 2008}}</ref>

On 1 January 2020, the municipality became part of the newly created [[Vestland]] county after [[Sogn og Fjordane]] and [[Hordaland]] counties were merged.

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) was originally named after the old ''[[Utvær]]'' farm ({{langx|non|Útver}}) since the first ''Utvær Chapel'' was built there. The first element is {{wikt-lang|non|út}} which means "outer". The last element is {{wikt-lang|non|ver}} which means "fishing station". The municipality had this name from 1858 until 1 July 1890 when it was renamed ''Sulen''. The new name was chosen since it was the name of the large island of [[Sula, Solund|Sula]] ({{langx|non|Sólund}} or {{lang|non|Sólundir}}). The first element comes from the word {{lang|non|sól}} which means "furrow" or "incision". The last element is a suffix, {{lang|non|-und}}, which means "a place where it is found", thus it means something like "an island where furrows and incisions are found", likely referring to the jagged, rocky form of the island. In Old Norse times, the sea between [[Norway]] and [[Scotland]] was called {{lang|non|Sólundirhaf}} which means "the sea ({{wikt-lang|non|haf}}) of Solund."<ref name="Dag" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lN1LAQAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Nordre Bergenhus amt |date=1919 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=12 |location=Kristiania, Norge |pages=215–216 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref> On 16 November 1923, a [[royal decree|royal resolution]] changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Solund''.<ref>{{Cite journal |year=1923 |title=Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1923. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2015102381001_001 |journal=[[Norsk Lovtidend]] |language=no |location=Oslo, Norway |publisher=Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri |page=492}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 16 February 1990. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Argent]], five [[Lozenge (heraldry)|lozenge]]s [[Azure (heraldry)|azure]] [[Fess (heraldry)|in fess]]"'' ({{langx|no|På sølv grunn fem blå spissruter}}). This means the arms have a [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) has a [[tincture (heraldry)|tincture]] of [[argent]] which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used. The [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a set of five blue [[Lozenge (heraldry)|lozenge]]s (diamonds) lined up horizontally. The arms were inspired by the [[coat of arms]] of the now-extinct medieval noble family from the island of [[Losna (island)|Losna]]. The arms were designed by Arvid Sveen from [[Vadsø (town)|Vadsø]] who based it off an original idea by Hans H. Steinsund. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 April 2023 |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Solund |access-date=2023-05-15 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Solund, Sogn og Fjordane (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-14-12.html |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1990-02-16 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1990-02-16-130 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref>

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] has one parish ({{lang|no|sokn}}) (made up of three churches) within the municipality of Solund. It is part of the [[Nordhordland prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Bjørgvin]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Solund'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="3"|Solund||[[Hersvik Church]]||[[Hersvikbygda]]||1892
|-
|[[Husøy Church (Solund)|Husøy Church]]||[[Kolgrov]]||1896
|-
|[[Solund Church]]||[[Hardbakke]]||1869
|}