Lýtingsstaðahreppur 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 interior of Skagafjörður County,

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, located to the west of the

Héraðsvötn Héraðsvötn (), whose name is often shortened to Vötn or Vötnin (and was called Jökulsá in previous centuries) is a glacier river in Iceland. It is formed by the confluence of Austari-Jökulsá and Vestari-Jökulsá. The Héraðsvötn is ...

. It was named after the Lýtingsstaðir farm in Tungusveit. The spanned from the Krithóll farm, just south of

Vatnsskarð is a mountain pass between Austur-Húnavatnssýsla, Húnavatnssýlsa and Skagafjörður (municipality), Skagafjörður Counties in Iceland. Route 1 (Iceland), Route 1 uses it. There is a lake in the pass named , and the county border is just eas ...

, 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 in Lýtingsstaðahreppur. The area by the Héraðsvötn—across from Úlfsstaðir, Kúskerpi, and Uppsalir in

Blönduhlíð Blönduhlíð is a district in Iceland in eastern Skagafjörður that lies along the Héraðsvötn river. It spans the area from the Bóluá river in the south of and the Kyrfisá river to the north. Brekknapláss is the outermost part of in , ...

—is called Dalspláss. Agriculture is the primary industry in the area, but many people also work in the service sector. A small urban area has formed at two places within the old , one in Varmalækur in Neðribyggð and another in Steinsstaðir in Tungusveit. Some places in the have geothermal heating. There are churches in Reykir, Mælifell, and Goðdalir. On June 6, 1998, Lýtingsstaðahreppur joined ten other local governments to form Skagafjörður:

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 Skefilsstað ...

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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 ...

, Staðarhreppur,

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 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 ...

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 ...

, 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 Lýtingsstaðahreppur council was elected in the committee election on May 28, 1994, in which Björn Ófeigsson, Elín Sigurðardóttir, Eyjólfur Pálsson, Indriði Stefánsson, and Rósa Björnsdóttir were voted into office.

Council chairs

Source:Byggðasaga Skagafjarðar III. bindi Lýtingsstaðahreppur, Hjalti Pálsson (editor), p. 43 *1874–1876 Ólafur Guðmundsson in Litladalskot *1876–1877 Indriði Árnason in Ýrafell *1877–1883 Séra Zophanías Halldórsson in Goðdalir *1873–1884 Indriði Árnason in Ýrafell *1884–1887 Árni Einarsson in Hamarsgerð *1887–1889 Indriði Árnason in Ýrafell *1889–1892 Pálmi Pétursson in Skíðastaðir *1892–1895 Árni Einarsson in Nautabú *1895–1898 Páll Ólafsson in Litladalskot *1898–1907 Árni Einarsson in Reykir *1907–1920 Ólafur Briem in Álfgerisvöllur *1920–1938 Tómas Pálsson in Bústaðir *1938–1946 Guðmundur Eiríksson in Breið *1946–1958 Guðjón Jónsson in Tunguháls *1958–1970 Björn Egilsson in Sveinsstaðir *1970–1982 Marinó Sigurðsson in Álfgerisvöllur *1982–1987 Sigurður Sigurðsson in Brúnastaðir *1987–1998 Elín Sigurðardóttir in Sölvanes

References

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