Svalbarðsstrandarhreppur (), also named Svalbarðsströnd , is a municipality located in northern-central

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 Northeastern Region. Its seat is in the village of

Svalbarðseyri Svalbarðseyri () is a small village in the Svalbarðsstrandarhreppur municipality, northern Iceland, which in January 2011 had 245 inhabitants. It is located on the east coast of Eyjafjörður Eyjafjörður (, ''Island Fjord'') is one of th ...

. In 2020, mayor Björg Erlingsdóttir proposed the idea of a merger with the other municipalities of

Eyjafjörður Eyjafjörður (, ''Island Fjord'') is one of the longest fjords in Iceland. It is located in the central north of the country. Situated by the fjord is the country's fourth most populous municipality, Akureyri. Physical geography The fjord is ...

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Official website
Municipalities of Iceland {{Iceland-geo-stub