Väskinde is also the name of the larger populated area, socken (not to be confused with parish).

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

[7] As of 2019[update], Väskinde Church belongs to Väskinde parish in Norra Gotlands pastorat, along with the churches in Bro, Fole, Lokrume, Hejnum and Bäl.

[8][9] At Själsö in the south part of the Väskinde socken coast, is Brucebo nature reserve and art museum.

Formerly the home of artists William Blair Bruce and his wife Carolina Benedicks-Bruce, it is now managed by the Brucebo Foundation.