is a region on the coast around

Hofsós Hofsós () is one of the oldest trading ports in northern Iceland dating back to the 16th century. The tiny village Hofsós in the Northern Region in Iceland was a rather busy trading post in the 17th and 18th century, but despite the merchant a ...

on the eastern side of

Skagafjörður Skagafjörður () is a deep fjord and its valley in northern Iceland. Location Skagafjörður, the fjord, is about 40 km long and 15 km wide, situated between Tröllaskagi to the east and the Skagi, Skagi Peninsula to the west. Ther ...

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 ...

. Its southernmost farm is Gröf, and the closest to the sea is

Höfði Höfði () is a house in Reykjavík, Iceland, built in 1909, and best known as the location for the 1986 Reykjavík Summit meeting of President Ronald Reagan of the United States and General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Ge ...

. The region is named after

Þórðarhöfði in Höfðaströnd is a 202-meter-tall rocky headland that runs toward the eastern side of Skagafjörður directly north of Hofsós. At first glance, the headland seems like an island but it is connected to the mainland. Two low Isthmus, isthmuse ...

, which is a predominant feature of the landscape. Within is Höfðavatn, 's biggest lake, which is actually a coastal lagoon.

History

There has long been a considerable amount of fishing based out of , both from and from in Bær in , where there were workman's cottages. People there lived on fishing and fowling in

Drangey Drangey () or Drang Isle is an uninhabited island in the Skagafjörður fjord in northern Iceland. It is the remnant of a 700,000‑year‑old volcano, mostly made of volcanic palagonite tuff, forming a massive rock fortress. The island was fir ...

, in addition to certain lichens. The area's general store was in in since 1600, when Kolkuós's port facilities deteriorated dramatically, and up until the end of the 19th century, when

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 Re ...

became 's principal commercial area. There were also shops in

Grafarós Grafarós in Höfðaströnd, just south of Hofsós, is the estuary of the Grafará river in Skagafjörður, Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the ...

from around 1840 until 1915. was previously a part of Hofshreppur but has belonged to Skagafjörður County since the area's hreppurs unified. There are two church sites in , Hof and , where there is an old

chapel A chapel (from , a diminutive of ''cappa'', meaning "little cape") is a Christianity, Christian place of prayer and worship that is usually relatively small. The term has several meanings. First, smaller spaces inside a church that have their o ...

dating to the latter part of the 18th century that was re-consecrated in 1953. There has been considerable construction in in recent years in, including, for example the Bær Art Center.

References

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