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Viðvíkurhreppur
Viðvíkurhreppur a hreppur, an old Icelandic municipality, in between the Héraðsvötn and Hjaltadalsá in Skagafjörður County, Iceland. It is named after the church site Viðvík. On June 6, 1998, Viðvíkurhreppur joined ten other local governments to form Skagafjörður County: Skefilsstaðahreppur, Sauðárkrókur, Skarðshreppur, Staðarhreppur, Seyluhreppur, Lýtingsstaðahreppur, Rípurhreppur, Hólahreppur, Hofshreppur, and Fljótahreppur Fljótahreppur was a hreppur, an old Icelandic municipality, located in the northernmost part of Skagafjörður County, Iceland and to the east of the fjord itself. Fljótahreppur is named after the district of Fljót. Fljótahreppur was spl .... Hreppur council The last Viðvíkurhreppur council was elected in the committee election on May 28, 1994, in which Brynleifur Siglaugsson, Halldór Jónasson, Halldór Steingrímsson, Haraldur Þór Jóhannsson, and Trausti Kristjánsson were voted into office. Council cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skarðshreppur
Skarðshreppur was a hreppur, an old Icelandic municipality, in the west of Skagafjörður (municipality), Skagafjörður county, Iceland, named for the farm in Gönguskörð, located at the base of Tindastóll Mountain. Skarðshreppur and Sauðárkrókur were created in 1907 when Sauðárhreppur was divided in two. Skarðshreppur had three districts: #Reykjaströnd, the furthest out, at the base of the east side of Tindastóll Mountain #Gönguskörð, a mountain valley south of Tindastóll #Borgarsveit, the settlement south of Sauðárkrókur On June 6, 1998, Skarðshreppur joined ten other local governments to form Skagafjörður: Skefilsstaðahreppur, Sauðárkrókur, Rípurhreppur, Staðarhreppur (Skagafjöður), Staðarhreppur, Seyluhreppur, Lýtingsstaðahreppur, Viðvíkurhreppur, Hólahreppur, Hofshreppur (Skagafjörður), Hofshreppur, and Fljótahreppur. Hreppur council The last Skarðshreppur council was elected in the committee election on May 28, 1994, in which An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fljótahreppur
Fljótahreppur was a hreppur, an old Icelandic municipality, located in the northernmost part of Skagafjörður County, Iceland and to the east of the fjord itself. Fljótahreppur is named after the district of Fljót. Fljótahreppur was split into Haganeshreppur and Holtshreppur in 1898 (or possibly 1899) but they were reunited under the same name on April 1, 1988. On June 6, 1988, Fljótahreppur joined ten other local governments to form Skagafjörður county: Skefilsstaðahreppur, Sauðárkrókur, Skarðshreppur, Staðarhreppur, Seyluhreppur, Lýtingsstaðahreppur, Rípurhreppur Rípurhreuppur was a hreppur, an old Icelandic municipality, in the middle of Skagafjörður County, Iceland, named after the Ríp church site in Hegranes. On June 6, 1998, Rípurhreppur joined ten other local governments to form Skagafjörðu ..., Viðvíkurhreppur, Hólahreppur, and Hofshreppur. Hreppur council The last Fljótahreppur council was elected in the hreppur committee e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hólahreppur
Hólahreppur was a hreppur, an old Icelandic municipality, in the east of Skagafjörður County, Iceland. It was named after the old bishop's residence, Hólar, in Hjaltadalur. Hólahreppur consisted of two inhabited valleys: Hjaltadalur and Kolbeinsdalur, the latter of which has predominantly become deserted. On June 6, 1998, Hólahreppur joined ten other local governments to form Skagafjörður county: Skefilsstaðahreppur, Sauðárkrókur, Skarðshreppur, Staðarhreppur, Seyluhreppur, Lýtingsstaðahreppur, Rípurhreppur, Viðvíkurhreppur, Hofshreppur, and Fljótahreppur Fljótahreppur was a hreppur, an old Icelandic municipality, located in the northernmost part of Skagafjörður County, Iceland and to the east of the fjord itself. Fljótahreppur is named after the district of Fljót. Fljótahreppur was spl .... Hreppur council The last Hólahreppur council was elected in the committee election on May 28, 1994, in which Bryndís Bjarnadóttir, Einar Svansso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rípurhreppur
Rípurhreuppur was a hreppur, an old Icelandic municipality, in the middle of Skagafjörður County, Iceland, named after the Ríp church site in Hegranes. On June 6, 1998, Rípurhreppur joined ten other local governments to form Skagafjörður county: Skefilsstaðahreppur, Sauðárkrókur, Skarðshreppur, Staðarhreppur, Seyluhreppur, Lýtingsstaðahreppur, Viðvíkurhreppur, Hólahreppur, Hofshreppur, and Fljótahreppur. Hreppur Council The last Rípurhreppur council was elected in the committee election on May 28, 1994, in which Lilja Ólafsdóttir, Pálmar Jóhannesson, Símon Traustason, Sævar Einarsson, and Þórunn Jónsdóttir were voted into office. Council chairs *1874–1883 Ólafur Sigurðsson in Ás *1883–1888 Gunnar Ólafsson in Keldudalur *1888–1896 Ólafur Sigurðsson in Ás *1896–1901 Jónas Halldórsson in Keldudalur *1901–1908 Sigurjón Markússon in Eyhildarholt *1908–1936 Guðmundur Ólafsson in Ás *1936–1958 Gísli Magnússon i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lýtingsstaðahreppur
Lýtingsstaðahreppur was a hreppur, an old Icelandic municipality, in the interior of Skagafjörður County, Iceland, located to the west of the Héraðsvötn. It was named after the Lýtingsstaðir farm in Tungusveit. The spanned from the Krithóll farm, just south of Vatnsskarð, and all the way south to the watershed in the highlands, where it reaches the boundary of what is considered the "north" and "south" of Iceland. There were several districts in the interior of Lýtingsstaðahreppur: * Efribyggð and Neðribyggð are west of the Svartá (“Black River”) but north of Mælifellshnjúkur, at the base of Hamraheiði, which was previously named Fremribyggð. * East of the Svartá and heading south towards the Tunguháls farm is an area called Tungusveit, which becomes Vesturdalur to the south. * West of Vesturdalur is Svartárdalur and east of Vesturdalur is Austurdalur, the majority of which is actually located in Akrahreppur, but the Bústaðir farm was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seyluhreppur
Seyluhreppur is an old Icelandic ''hreppur'', or rural municipality, that is today part of the municipality of Skagafjörður. It is located to the west of the Héraðsvötn river in Skagafjörður county and is named after the town of Stóra-Seyla in Langholt, which was where county assemblies were held. Seyluhreppur consisted of four districts: Langholt, Vallhólmur, Víðimýrarhverfi, and Skörð, aside from Fjall, Geldingaholt, and Húsabakkabæirnir, which were not considered to belong to any of the four districts. Seyluhreppur is wide, but only six towns in the had land bordering the mountain. The municipality was located completely in the parish of Glaumbær where there were two churches, one in the town of Glaumbær and one in Víðimýri. In centuries past, there was also a church in Geldingaholt. Agriculture was, for a long time, the inhabitants’ primary occupation, but shortly before 1950, a small urban area developed in Varmahlíð, most of whose residents wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skefilsstaðahreppur
Skefilsstaðahreppur was a hreppur, an old Icelandic municipality, in Skagafjörður (municipality), Skagafjörður County, Iceland national football team, Iceland, on the east side of the Skagi peninsula. It is named after the town Skefilsstaðir. Geography The outer part of Laxárdalur (Skagafjöður), Laxárdalur valley is located to the south of Skagi. A tall mountain named Hrafnagilsfjall is between the Laxárdalur and Hallárdalur valleys, the next valley to the west, in Counties of Iceland, Húnavatnssýsla. Tindastóll Mountain, Tindastóll mountain is to the east of Laxárdalur, and the mountain continues north to the ocean on the western side of Skagafjörður. The Laxá (Skagafjörður), Laxá river, from which the valley takes its name, runs the full length of the valley. Reykjaströnd leads along the fjord from Tindastóll inland to the Gönguskarðsá river. The river is named after Gönguskörð. Kolugafjall mountain in Húnavatnssýsla county is on the border be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hreppur
A hreppur () is a type of rural municipality in Iceland. These administrative units primarily consist of small rural villages, often with few or no towns, and are overseen by a . The ''hreppur'' is one of Iceland’s oldest administrative units, likely dating back to before 1000 AD, when each ''hreppur'' was required to have at least twenty freeholders. Smaller units could be established with permission from the Lögrétta. The term (from Old Norse ''hreppr'') is referenced in Icelandic legal texts such as the Gray Goose Laws (Grágás) and Law of Iceland (Jónsbók). Unlike the chieftain-þing A thing, also known as a folkmoot, assembly, tribal council, and by other names, was a governing assembly in early Germanic society, made up of the free people of the community presided over by a lawspeaker. Things took place regularly, usu ... structure, the ''hreppur'' operated independently, collecting and distributing tithes and mandatory contributions designated for the poor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sauðárkrókur
Sauðárkrókur () is a Localities of Iceland, town on the Skagafjörður in northern Iceland. It is the seat of both the Skagafjörður (municipality), Sveitarfélagið Skagafjörður ('Municipality of Skagafjörður') and the Northwestern Region (Iceland), Northwestern Region. Sauðárkrókur is the largest town in Northwest Iceland and the second-largest town on the north coast of Iceland, with a population of 2,612. It is the centre for commerce and services in the district, and an important link in Iceland's food production. The population of Sauðárkrókur has grown steadily in recent years, and its economy is relatively diverse. Economic mainstays are fisheries, dairy production, light industry and broad-based services such as computer and engineering operations, financials, consulting, design and printing. The natural hot pool located north of Sauðárkrókur is mentioned in the ''Grettis saga''. Etymology Sauðárkrókur got its name from the creek that runs thr ... [...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] |