Dalabyggð () is a municipality located in western Iceland. Its main settlement is Búðardalur. Dalabyggð is an agricultural area. The farm of Hvammur í Dölum, where the poet, historian, and politician

Snorri Sturluson Snorri Sturluson ( ; ; 1179 – 22 September 1241) was an Icelandic historian, poet, and politician. He was elected twice as lawspeaker of the Icelandic parliament, the Althing. He is commonly thought to have authored or compiled portions of the ...

was born, belongs to the municipality of Dalabyggð. There is a thermal bath, Guðrúnarlaug, in the municipality that is named after

Guðrún Ósvífrsdóttir Guðrún Ósvífsdóttir (Old Norse: ; Modern Icelandic: ; 10th century – 11th century), was an Icelandic woman who was famed for her great wisdom and beauty. She was married four times. She is the main protagonist of the Medieval Icela ...

from the Laxdæla saga. The area is renowned for stories and people from Dalabyggð, such as : Auður djúpúðga,

Leifur Eiríksson Leif Erikson, Leiv Eiriksson, or Leif Ericson, ; Modern Icelandic: ; Norwegian: ''Leiv Eiriksson'' also known as Leif the Lucky (), was a Norse explorer who is thought to have been the first European to have set foot on continental North ...

, Steinn Steinarr, Árni Magnússon, Eiríkur rauði, Sturla Þórðarson, and Ásmundur Sveinsson. There are many places in Dalabyggð with a great story, for example:

Eiríksstaðir Eiríksstaðir () is the former homestead of Eiríkr Þorvaldsson, known as Erik the Red, in Haukadalur in the Dalasýsla region of Iceland. It was the birthplace of his son Leif Eiríksson, the first known European discoverer of the Americas. A s ...

, Guðrúnarlaug, Haukadalur, and Ólafsdalur.

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Official website
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