Fellshreppur, previously Sléttuhlíðarhreppur, was a

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, ...

, an old Icelandic municipality, in Skagafjörður County,

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 regi ...

, located on the east side of the

fjord In physical geography, a fjord (also spelled fiord in New Zealand English; ) is a long, narrow sea inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. Fjords exist on the coasts of Antarctica, the Arctic, and surrounding landmasses of the n ...

. It was named after the church site

Fell A fell (from Old Norse ''fell'', ''fjall'', "mountain"Falk and Torp (2006:161).) is a high and barren landscape feature, such as a mountain or Moorland, moor-covered hill. The term is most often employed in Fennoscandia, Iceland, the Isle of M ...

Sléttuhlíð Sléttuhlíð is a district on the east side of Skagafjörður, close to Höfðahólar and out towards the Stafá river. The coast there runs considerably toward the west. The mountain, however, curves rather toward the east so that the lowland w ...

. There were two districts in the : Sléttuhlíð and

Hrolleifsdalur Hrolleifsdalur is a valley that leads from Sléttuhlíð on the east side of Skagafjörður, Iceland heading to the southeast end of Tröllaskagi mountain range. The valley is said to be named after the settler Hrolleifur mikli Arnhallsson. Ther ...

, the latter of which has long since been abandoned and become pasture land. Fellshreppur joined Hofshreppur on June 10, 1990.

Hreppur Council

The last Fellshreppur council was elected in the committee election on June 14, 1986, in which Eggert Jóhannsson, Jón Björn Sigurðsson, Kristján Árnason, Magnús Pétursson, and Stefán Gestsson were voted into office.Fellshreppur: Gerðabók kjörstjórnar v/sveitarstjórnakosninga 1978-1989

References

{{Authority control Populated places in Northwestern Region (Iceland) Skagafjörður