Ølen is a former municipality in the county of 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%...

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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...

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It was created on 1 July 1916 by a split from Fjelberg

Fjelberg

Fjelberg is a village and former municipality in Hordaland county, Norway.The parish of Fjældberg was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 . According to the 1835 census the municipality had a population of 2,986. Already in 1855 the municipality Eid was incorporated into Fjelberg,...

. Before 1 January 2002, Ølen belonged to the county of 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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Ølen was incorporated into 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...

on 1 January 2006, decided by a referendum of
17 February 2003. Before the merger it had a population of 3,426. The coat of arms of the new Vindafjord municipality bears the design of Ølen and the colours of Vindafjord.