Håland is a former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It was part of the traditional district of Jæren, just west of the city of Stavanger. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1930 when it was split into the two municipalities of Sola and Madla. The 85-square-kilometre (33 sq mi) municipality included the land surrounding the Hafrsfjorden including all of the present-day municipality of Sola and the borough of Madla in the city of Stavanger.[1]

Håland herred Haaland herred (historic)
Former municipality
Rogaland within Norway
Håland within Rogaland
Coordinates: 58°51′22″N 05°34′30″E
Country	Norway
County	Rogaland
District	Jæren
Established	1 Jan 1838
• Created as	Formannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished	1 Jan 1930
• Succeeded by	Sola and Madla municipalities
Administrative centre	Solakrossen
Area  (upon dissolution)
• Total	85 km2 (33 sq mi)
Population  (1930)
• Total	4,463
• Density	53/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-1124
Data from Statistics Norway

History

The historic parish of Haaland (later spelled Håland) included churches located in Sola, Tananger, Tjora, and Madla. On 1 January 1838, the parish of Haaland was established as a municipality (see formannskapsdistrikt law). Håland municipality existed until 1930, when it was split to form the two new municipalities of Madla (population: 1,091) and Sola (population: 3,372). Later, Madla was merged with the city of Stavanger and it now makes up the borough of Madla.[2]

See also

• List of former municipalities of Norway

References