county to Hordaland county on the same date

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Sveio farm since the medieval Sveio Church was built there. The name is identical with the word which means "to singe" or "to burn", referring to an area that was cleared by burning. Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled Sveen. On 1 December 1911,

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