Åland Islands
Saltvik
Parish Records
Because parish Communion records are listed by village and farm name and because farm names often were used as a part of a person’s name, it is interesting to note the following farms. HisKi project findings were used as a starting point to identify parish villages. Then Parish Communion Records of 1878 – 1887, Land Records and other resources were used to identify village and farm names. 8, 9, 10, 11
To open a printable list of farms and villages (pdf), click here.
This map of the Saltvik Parish in 1938 displays on the HisKi project website, made available by the Genealogical Society of Finland. 9
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Of Interest
During excavations there have been archaeological finds dating back to the Viking Age. 4
Villages & Farms
No farm names listed
- Mellangård
- Vestergård
- Lassas / Larsas
- Grannas
- Norrgård
- Östegård
- Nybondas
- Tommases
No farm names listed
No farm names listed
- Östegård
- Vestergård
- Mellangård
- Östegård
- Norrgård
- Södergård
- Lustkulla
- Germundö
- Bergö
- Kohagen
- Pehrsby
- Lagmans
- Tomten
- Vivasteby
- Mörkens
- Mellangård
- Östegård
- Mickels / Rosenberg
No farm names listed
- Kronoholm
- Sågars
- Johannesberg
- Mellangård
- Vestergård
- Strand
- Södergård
- Norrgård
- Vestergård
- Södergård
- Mellangård
- Norrgård
- Karlberg
- Mörn
No farm names listed
- Mellangård
- Östergård
- Vestergård
- Markusas
- Kullman
- Södergård
- Norrgård
- Vestergård
- Östegård
- Södergård
- Mickels
- Storgård
- Mellangård
No farm names listed
- Sodergård
No farm names listed
- Perhrsberg
- Emdal
- Mellangård
- Grön
- Vestergård
- Östegård
- Mellangård/Nybondas
- Uppgård
- Vestergård
- Södergård
- Norrgård
- Uppgård
No farm names listed
- Norrgård
- Södergård
- Södergård
- Mellangård
- Östergård
- Vestergård
- Nästgård
- Uppgård
- Karlsgård
- Mattas
- Norrgård
- Nygård
- Backas
- Nedergård
St. Mary’s Church
Parish Church
St. Mary’s Church 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- Located in Kvarnbö
- Built as early as 1280 – 1300 to replace an earlier wooden church
- March 15, 1322 is the earliest written record of Saltvik being a parish 5
- Built on land that during excavations has given archaeological finds from the Viking Age
To read more detailed information on the history of the Saltvik church, click here.
Attribution: Västgöten / CC BY-SA
(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) 6
Folk dress
Each parish has a unique folk dress. Parish folk dress can be recognized by its style, colors, and patterns.
Saltvik folk dress photo used with permission of the Brage costume agency. 7
Resources:
- Saltvik, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltvik
- Saltvik Church, https://www.kyrkor.ax/churches/saltvik-church/
- Saltvik Church, http://www.muuka.com/finnishpumpkin/churches/aland/church_aland.html
- Saltvik Church, https://www.spottinghistory.com/view/10/the-church-of-st-mary/
- Saltvik Church, https://www.saltviksforsamling.ax/kyrkor-och-lokaler/saltviks-kyrka-s-ta-maria-kyrka
- Saltvik Church Image,Saltvik Parish Church
- Saltvik Folk Dress Image, Brage costume agency, https://www.brage.fi/sve/draktbyra/draktbyran/folkdrakter/view-163648-62
- Saltvik Parish Communion Records, https://app.arkivdigital.se/volume/v199424?image=1
- Saltvik Parish Genealogical Society of Finland, HisKi project, , http://hiski.genealogia.fi/hiski/fr4lat?en+0475
- Kulturmiljoinventering Saltvik Rapport, Museibyran Planeringsradet 1990, Alnds Tidnings-Trycheri Ab, ISBN 951-8946-07-9, Upplaga 000ex, page 14
- Åland landkapsarkiv, Land Records, https://www.arkivet.ax/en/digital-material/search-land-register
