Sulen Parish, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway Genealogy

Guide to Sulen, Norway ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records

Church Records
Sulen clerical district contains the parish registers of the parishes Solund, Hersvik, and Husø (Husøy). Solund and Husø were separated from Gulen (Evindvik) clerical district in 1887. Hersvik parish was organized from 8 farms from Vilnes parish in Askvoll clerical district and one farm from Øn parish in Hyllestad clerical district. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the

For earlier records see the above mentioned clerical districts.

Digital images of the church books are online at Digitalarkivet.

Solund / Solund: 1860-1944

Solund / Hersvik: 1891-1901

Solund / Husøy: 1881-1896

Census Records

 * 1664-1666, 1801, 1865, 1875 see Gulen (Evindvik) clerical district.


 * Folketælling for Norge, 3 Dec 1900. The 1900 census for Sulen (Solund) clerical district include the parishes ofSolund (Sulen), Hersvik and Husø and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. This census is also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 1ste desember 1910. The 1910 census for Sulen (Solund)) clerical district include the parishes of Sulen (Solund), Hersvik and Husø and is available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) as well as at theNorwegian Historical Data Centre.

Farm Names
31 Afløipet53 Domben39 Eidet, 52 Engevik35 Fløipollen, 36 Furevik, 60 Færøen21 Gaasvær, 50 Grønnevik, 37 Gylten38 Hagen, 26 Harbakke, 55 Hersvik, 6 Hjønnevaag nordre, 42 Hop, 43 Humlevaag, 4 Husøen19 Inderøen, 2 Indrevær9 Kolgrov, 47 Kraakaasen, 56 Kraakenes nordre, 45 Kraakenes søndre, 46 Kraakevaag, 48 Krakhellen, 49 Krakken, 11 Kværhellen22 Laagøen, 24 Leirvaagen, 54 Leknesund, 34 Lendingen, 27 Lien<BR><BR>29 Maurstien<BR><BR>13 Naaren, 3 Nautøen, 40 Nese, 44 Nesøen<BR><BR>20 Oddekalven<BR><BR>41 Pollen<BR><BR>28 Raake, 15 Raanøen, 58 Refsøen, 10 Rørdalen<BR><BR>51 Skarnaglen, 16 Steindalen, 24 Steinsund, 25 Steinsundsholmen, 59 Steinsøen, 23 Stokkevaag, 18 Storøen, 30 Strand, 8 Strømmen, 33 Stølen, 7 Sviholmen<BR><BR>17 Tangenes, 12 Trovaag, 14 Tungodden, 32 Tveranger<BR><BR>1 Utvær<BR><BR>57 Vassøen, 61 Viken<BR><BR>18 Ytterøen<BR><BR>7 Ødejorden, 18 Ørnehaugen<BR>

Probate Records
1698-1882: Probates may be found in Ytre Sogn judicial district.

1766-1810: Clerical probates may be found in Sogn Deanery.