Mælifell is a farm, church site, and former vicarage in interior, western

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 ...

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. The farm is at the foot of Mælifellshnjúkur, one of the best-known and most prominent of Skagafjörður’s mountains. West of the mountain is Mælifellsdalur valley, through which there used to be a well-traveled road between northern and southern Iceland onto the Kjalvegur road and Stórisandur. One of the most well-known priests who served in Mælifell parish was Arngrímur lærði (“the learned”) Jónsson. There is now a little stone church in Mælifell that was consecrated in 1925.

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Populated places in Northwestern Region (Iceland) Skagafjörður Churches in Iceland Farms in Iceland {{Iceland-geo-stub