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Höfði á Höfðaströnd (Höfði in
Höfðaströnd is a region on the coast around Hofsós on the eastern side of Skagafjörður, Iceland. Its southernmost farm is Gröf, and the closest to the sea is Höfði. The region is named after Þórðarhöfði, which is a predominant feature of the la ...
) is a farm 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 ...
. It was the homestead of Höfða-Þórður Bjarnarson and a former church site. is north of Höfðavatn lake, in a dell southwest of , which was formed from the remains of a landslide from the mountain above it.


History

was the most remote farm in the former municipality Höfðahreppur, outside of where Fellshreppur used to begin. Half of
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 ...
belongs to and half to the farm. also owns between and the sea and a share of , in which they have partial fishing rights. A church that had been in since early in Iceland's history was closed down in 1891. is featured in the movie '' Movie Days'' directed by
Friðrik Þór Friðriksson Friðrik Þór Friðriksson (born 12 May 1954; pronounced ), sometimes credited as Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, is an Icelandic film director and producer. Biography Fridriksson started his film making career with experimental films and documentar ...
. Friðrik has roots in and the opening scene in his movie ''
Children of Nature ''Children of Nature'' () is a 1991 Icelandic film directed by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson. It was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar at the 64th Academy Awards, the only Icelandic film to have ever been nominated. Plot Þor ...
'' was recorded there.


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