Other villages in the municipality include Leirfjordgården, Mørsvikbotn, Røsvika, Rørstad, Styrkesvik, and Øvre Kvarv.

The official blazon is "Azure, a turbine wheel argent" (Norwegian: I blått et sølv turbinhjul).

This means the arms have a blue field (background) and the charge is a turbine wheel for a hydroelectric power plant.

The turbine has a tincture of argent which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used.

The blue color in the field and the turbine were chosen to symbolize the rivers around the municipality which contain many rapids and waterfalls.

Rago National Park, with its wild nature dominated by bare rock, streams, and pine forest, is located in Sørfold.

[13] There are many large lakes in Sørfold, including Andkjelvatnet, Faulvatnet, Forsvatnet, Grovatnet, Horndalsvatnet, Kobbvatnet, Kvitvatnet, Langvatnet, Leirvatnet, Litlverivatnet, Mørsvikvatnet, Nedre Veikvatnet, Røyrvatnet, Rundvatnet, Sildhopvatnet, Sisovatnet, Storskogvatnet, Straumvatnet, and Trollvatnet.

The municipal council (Kommunestyre) of Sørfold is made up of 17 representatives that are elected to four year terms.

Here is a list of people who have held this position: The small village of Mørsvikbotn is located in the north part of the municipality.

In this area, Mørsry, the German army had a prisoner-of-war camp during World War II housing mostly Russian POWs.

A small, now empty, cemetery for fallen Russian soldiers is located close to the camp, about 50 metres (160 ft) off the left-hand side just before the single concrete bridge.