Hólahreppur 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 the east of Skagafjörður County,

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. It was named after the old bishop's residence,

Hólar Hólar (; also Hólar í Hjaltadal ) is a small community in the Skagafjörður district of northern Iceland. Location Hólar is in the valley Hjaltadalur, some from the national capital of Reykjavík. It has a population of around 100. It is t ...

, 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:

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, Staðarhreppur,

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-Se ...

, 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 ...

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, 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 Svansson, Gunnar Guðmundsson, Sverrir Magnússon, and Valgeir Bjarnason were voted into office.

Council chairs

Source:Byggðasaga Skagafjarðar VI. bindi Hólahreppur, Hjalti Pálsson (editor), p. 46 *1874–1876 Kristján Kjærnested in Hólar *1876–1878 Jón Tómasson in Hólar *1878–1881 Jón Ásgrímsson in Skúfsstaðir *1881–1885 Sigurður Gunnlaugsson in Skriðuland *1885–1886 Magnús Ásgrímsson in Sleitustaðir *1886–1889 Jón Sigurðsson in Skúfsstaðir *1889–1892 Árni Ásgrímsson in Kálfsstaðir *1892–1910 Jón Sigurðsson in Skúfsstaðir *1910–1916 (Geirfinnur) Trausti Friðfinnsson in Hólar *1916–1922 Árni Árnason in Kálfsstaðir *1922–1928 Páll Zóphóníasson in Hólar *1928–1934 Steinn Stefánsson in Neðri-Ás *1934–1962 Friðbjörn Traustason in Hólar *1962–1963 Páll Sigurðsson in Hof I *1963–1980 Guðmundur Stefánsson in Hrafnhóll *1980–1982 Trausti Pálsson in Laufskálar *1982–1990 Hörður Jónsson in Hof II *1990–1994 Trausti Pálsson in Hólar *1994–1998 Valgeir Bjarnason in Hólar

References

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