Stífla is an area of the

Fljót Fljót is the northernmost district on the east side of Skagafjörður, Iceland. It is divided into Eastern and Western and extends from river in the west to the county's border with Eyjafjörður county in the east. In the north of , the bou ...

district in

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 ...

, in the interior of valley. The name originally referred to the group of hills that cuts directly across the valley and was called either or , but the name later came to refer to the area between the hills. It was previously a flat, grassy area and beautiful valley, and there were a good many farms. The river ran through the area, but past its name changes to . Around 1940, it was decided to create a hydroelectric power station in

Siglufjörður Siglufjörður () is a small fishing town in a narrow fjord with the same name on the northern coast of Iceland. The population in 2011 was 1,206; the town has been shrinking in size since the 1950s when the town reached its peak of 3,000 inhabit ...

that harnessed the river, and production began in 1942. A dam was built in the ravine in and the Skeiðsfoss power station officially started running in 1945. There was a lake among the hills, called , that became significantly larger once the power plant started running, and as a result, a lot of land was largely submerged, and some land was abandoned. The lake is now 3.9 km².

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