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Fell í Sléttuhlíð
Fell (or Fell í Sléttuhlíð) was a farm and church site in Sléttuhlíð in Skagafjörður, Iceland. It was previously a parsonage, but it was shut down in 1891. Fell's current church was built in 1881–1882. The most well-known priest in Fell was Hálfdan Narfason, who was said to be very skilled in magic. He died in Fell in 1568 and had at that time been the longest serving priest there. Later, Erlendur Guðmundsson (died 1641) and his son Guðmundur Erlendsson (born around 1595, died 1670), were priests in Fell for a little over 80 consecutive years from 1585 to 1668. Quite a lot is recorded of Guðmundur's poetry, including psalms and other spiritual poetry, historical poems, commemorative poems, and more. The folklorist Ólafur Davíðsson Olafur Davidsson (26 January 1862 – 6 September 1903), Icelandic: ''Ólafur Davíðsson'', was an Icelandic natural scientist, ethnographer and folklore collector. Biography Davidsson was born on 26 January 1862 at Fell in Slét ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iceland
Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the region's westernmost and most list of countries and dependencies by population density, sparsely populated country. Its Capital city, capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which is home to about 36% of the country's roughly 380,000 residents (excluding nearby towns/suburbs, which are separate municipalities). The official language of the country is Icelandic language, Icelandic. Iceland is on a rift between Plate tectonics, tectonic plates, and its geologic activity includes geysers and frequent Types of volcanic eruptions, volcanic eruptions. The interior consists of a volcanic plateau with sand and lava fields, mountains and glaciers, and many Glacial stream, glacial rivers flow to the sea through the Upland and lowland, lowlands. Iceland i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |