[4] It comprises the same area as the administrative Fardhem District, established on 1 January 2016.

[5] The area is rural with farms, tourism and small companies as the main sources of income.

Most of the socken consists of farmed plains on land reclaimed from the drained Mästermyr to the south.

[11] The last part of the name hem means "dwelling" or "farm" and the first part fardh means "trail" or "a place where you can travel", it may refer to the Ancylus wall, a remaining bank of the Ancylus Lake that made a good "road" to travel on.

[6] There are grave fields, house foundations, groove stones and two hillforts from the Iron Age.