Stokkseyri () is a small town in Southern Iceland, with a population of around 445.
Overview
Founded around 900 AD by the settler
Hásteinn Atlason, it was an important fishing and trading village in previous times.
The town is founded on the Great
Þjórsá lava
The Great Þjórsá Lava ( Icelandic: ''Þjórsárhraunið mikla'' ) is the largest lava flow in Iceland (by both area and volume) and the largest lava that is known to have erupted in a single eruption in the Holocene. It belongs to a group of lav ...
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The local school is Barnaskólinn á
Eyrarbakka og Stokkseyri.
The artistic experimental duo
Jónsi & Alex wrote a song named after the town which appears on their album
Riceboy Sleeps.
The
Knarraros lighthouse, which is a unique blend of functionalism and
art nouveau style, is located about away.
A famous inhabitant of Stokkseyri was
Stokkseyrar-Dísa.
It is home to the football team
UMF Stokkseyri.
References
Fishing communities
Populated places in Southern Region (Iceland)
Fishing communities in Iceland
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