Solund

Solund kommune
Municipality
View of Hardbakke
Coat of arms Sogn og Fjordane within Norway
Solund within Sogn og Fjordane
Coordinates: 61°07′51″N 04°56′52″E / 61.13083°N 4.94778°E / 61.13083; 4.94778Coordinates: 61°07′51″N 04°56′52″E / 61.13083°N 4.94778°E / 61.13083; 4.94778
Country	Norway
County	Sogn og Fjordane
District	Sogn
Administrative centre	Hardbakke
Government
• Mayor (2015)	Gunn Åmdal Mongstad (Sp)
Area
• Total	228.24 km2 (88.12 sq mi)
• Land	219.10 km2 (84.59 sq mi)
• Water	9.14 km2 (3.53 sq mi)
Area rank	314 in Norway
Population (2013)
• Total	842
• Rank	416 in Norway
• Density	3.8/km2 (10/sq mi)
• Change (10 years)	-6.9 %
Demonym(s)	Suling
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code	NO-1412
Official language form	Nynorsk
Website	www.solund.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway

Solund is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sogn. Solund is the westernmost island municipality in Norway, and the only municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county that is made up only of islands. Holmebåen on the island of Steinsøy is the westernmost point in all of Norway.

The population today is around 840, with most people living on the main islands of Sula and Ytre Sula. The administrative centre of Solund is the village of Hardbakke on Sula island. Some other villages in Solund include Kolgrov on Ytre Sula, Hersvikbygda on Sula, and Losnegard on Losna.

Utvær was established as a municipality in 1858. The two sub-parishes, or sokn, of Solund and Husøy were separated from the Gulen parish (prestegjeld) to form the new municipality and parish of Utvær at that time. The initial population of Utvær was 1,384. 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.