Erfjord 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

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. It was created when the municipality Jelsa

Jelsa, Norway

Jelsa is a former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway.The parish of Jælse was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 . In 1859 the municipality was divided, the district of Sand becoming a municipality of its own...

 was split in two on January 1, 1914. Erfjord had 617 inhabitants by the time of the creation.

On January 1, 1965 Erfjord (then with 610 inhabitants) was merged with Sand

Sand, Rogaland

Sand is a village and former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway.The municipality was created by a split from Jelsa in 1859. At that time Sand had 1,600 inhabitants....

 and Suldal

Suldal

Suldal is a municipality in the northeast of Rogaland county, Norway located in the Ryfylke historically traditional district. Sand i Ryfylke is a the administrative center of Suldal....

 as well as parts of Jelsa and 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....

. The new municipality was named Suldal.