Helgafell (, "holy mountain") is a small mountain on the Snæfellsnes Peninsula of

Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...

. The mountain is high. A temple in honor of

Thor Thor (; from non, Þórr ) is a prominent god in Germanic paganism. In Norse mythology, he is a hammer-wielding æsir, god associated with lightning, thunder, storms, sacred trees and groves in Germanic paganism and mythology, sacred groves ...

(''Þór'') was built there by Þórólfr Mostrarskegg, the first settler of the area. His biography is described in literary form with fictional and mythical elements in '' Eyrbyggja saga''. Helgafell also appears in the '' Laxdæla saga'' as the location where the heroine

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 ...

last lived and is supposedly where she is buried.

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Mountains of Iceland Snæfellsnes Snæfellsnes Volcanic Belt {{Iceland-geo-stub fr:Helgafell nl:Helgafell

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