Skjold is a former municipality in Rogaland

Rogaland

is a county in Western Norway, bordering Hordaland, Telemark, Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder. It is the center of the Norwegian petroleum industry, and as a result of this, Rogaland has the lowest unemployment rate of any county in Norway, 1.1%...

 county, Norway.

It was created as Skjold formannskapsdistrikt

Formannskapsdistrikt

Formannskapsdistrikt was the name for a Norwegian local self-government districts put into force in 1838. This system of municipality was created in a bill approved by the Storting and signed into law by King Carl Johan on 14 January 1837...

 in 1837. The district Tysvær

Tysvær

Tysvær is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is part of the region of Haugaland. The municipality is located at the northern side of Boknafjord, east of Karmøy. Tysvær has a population of 9,349 and an area of 419 km². Aksdalsvatnet is a lake in this municipality.Local...

 was separated from Skjold in 1849 to constitute a municipality of its own, and the same thing happened to Vats

Vats

Vats is a village in the municipality of Vindafjord, in Rogaland county, Norway. Vats is located in the traditional district of Haugaland.An important industrial location, the oil platforms Statfjord, Gullfaks and Troll were built here. The Norwegian computer and software company Hatteland Group is...

 in 1891. The divisions left Skjold with a population of 1.961.

On 1 January 1964 the districts of Liarheim and Langeland with 1.262 inhabitants were merged with Sandeid

Sandeid

Sandeid is a former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway.It was created by a split from Vikedal on 1 January 1923. At that time Sandeid had a population of 558....

 and parts of Imsland

Imsland

Imsland is a parish and former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway.It was created by a split from Vikedal on 1 January 1923. At that time Imsland had a population of 604....

 and Vats to create the new municipality Vindafjord

Vindafjord

Vindafjord is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Haugaland.Vindafjord was established as a new municipality on 1 January 1965 after the merger of the municipalities of Sandeid and Vats and large parts of Imsland, Skjold and Vikedal...

. The districts Dueland, Grinde

Grinde, Rogaland

Grinde is a village in Tysvær municipality, Norway. It was previously located in Skjold municipality, despite that Tysvær was separated from Skjold in 1849. On 1 January 1965 Skjold municipality was dissolved and its territory dispersed between three municipalities...

 and Yrkje, with 1.133 inhabitants, were reunited with Tysvær. At the same time an uninhabited part of Skjold was moved to Sveio

Sveio

Sveio is a municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway. Sveio is located in the traditional district of Haugaland-Location:Geographically, Sveio is situated on the Haugaland peninsula. The administrative centre is the village of Sveio. Sveio was separated from Finnås in 1861. Vikebygd was...

 municipality in Hordaland

Hordaland

is a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark and Rogaland. Hordaland is the third largest county after Akershus and Oslo by population. The county administration is located in Bergen...

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The village Skjold is presently located in Vindafjord, in the end of the Skjoldafjord inlet.