Åland Islands
Sottunga
Parish Records
HisKi project findings were used as a starting point to identify parish villages. 9 Then Parish Communion Records of 1827 – 1851 were used. 10 However, these parish records were difficult to interpret. So, next the Table of Contents from the book “Familjer och gårdar i Sottunga” by Bjorn Ronnlof, Alands Slaktregister1 and Land Records 11 were used to confirm village and identify farm names.
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.
To open a printable list of villages and farms (PDF), click here.
This map of the Sottunga Parish in 1938 displays on the HisKi project website, made available by the Genealogical Society of Finland. 8
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Parish History
Sottunga’s wooden chapel was once a part of the Föglö parish.
Villages & Farms
1. Finnö
2. Nordstroms
3. Söderbergs
1. Husö
2. Nedergård
3. Övergård
1. Hästö
2. Gård
3. Nygård
1. Mosshaga
2. Gårdens
1. Södö
1. Olas
2. Nybondas
3. Jakos
4. Mickels
5. Utgård
6. Klasas
7. Södergård
8. Norrgård
9. Henrikas
Mary Magdalene Chapel
Parish Church
Mary Magdalene Chapel 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- Sottunga church rests on the southern tip of the Sottunga Island, far from villages and farms
- Church was built in 1661, but was burned down during the Great Northern War
- Rebuilt in 1728
- It is a small, red-painted wooden church
To read more detailed information on the history of the Sottunga church, click here.
Attribution: Anna Rydin / 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.
Sottunga folk dress photo used with permission of the Brage costume agency. 7
Resources:
- “Familjer och gårdar i Sottunga” by Bjorn Ronnlof, Alands Slaktregister, Del VI MMIV, ISBN 952-91-6946-9. This resource was provided Karin Mansen of the Ålands landskapsarkiv.
- Sottunga, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sottunga
- Sottunga in the Åland Archipeligo by Bjorn Rönnlöf, translated by Ulla Forström, the (SFHS) Quarterly- Volum13, number 4, Fall 2004, pages 109 – 113, with SFHS membership: https://www.swedishfinnhistoricalsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Quarterly-13-4-150dpi.pdf
- Sottunga Church, http://www.kyrkor.ax/churches/sottunga-church/
- Sottunga Church, https://www.spottinghistory.com/view/182/sottunga-church/
- Sottunga Church, http://wikimapia.org/16444752/Sta-Maria-Mgdalena-Church-Sottunga
- Sottunga Church Image, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sottunga_kyrka.jpg
- Sottunga Folk Dress image, Brage costume agency, https://www.brage.fi/sve/draktbyra/draktbyran/folkdrakter/view-163648-63
- Sottunga Parish, Genealogical Society of Finland, HisKi project, http://hiski.genealogia.fi/hiski/fr4lat?en+0509
- Sottunga Parish Communion Records, https://app.arkivdigital.se/volume/v199594?image=1
- Åland landkapsarkiv, Land Records, https://www.arkivet.ax/en/digital-material/search-land-register
