Viðvíkurhreppur 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 between 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 ...

and Hjaltadalsá 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 ...

County,

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. It is named after the church site Viðvík. On June 6, 1998, Viðvíkurhreppur joined ten other local governments to form

County:

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 ...

Sauðárkrókur Sauðárkrókur () is a Localities of Iceland, town on the Skagafjörður in northern Iceland. It is the seat of both the Skagafjörður (municipality), Sveitarfélagið Skagafjörður ('Municipality of Skagafjörður') and the Northwestern Re ...

Skarðshreppur Skarðshreppur was a hreppur, an old Icelandic municipality, in the west of Skagafjörður (municipality), Skagafjörður county, Iceland, named for the farm in Gönguskörð, located at the base of Tindastóll Mountain. Skarðshreppur and Sauð� ...

, Staðarhreppur,

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 ...

, Lýtingsstaðahreppur,

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 ...

, Hólahreppur, 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 Viðvíkurhreppur council was elected in the committee election on May 28, 1994, in which Brynleifur Siglaugsson, Halldór Jónasson, Halldór Steingrímsson, Haraldur Þór Jóhannsson, and Trausti Kristjánsson were voted into office.

Council chairsByggðasaga Skagafjarðar V. bindi Rípurhreppur - Viðvíkurhreppur, ritstjóri Hjalti Pálsson, bls 203

*1874–1877 Björn Pálmason in Ásgeirsbrekka *1877–1880 Sigurður Pétursson in Hofsstaðir *1880–1883 Aðalsteinn Steinsson in Litlahóll *1883–1886 Björn Pálmason in Ásgeirsbrekka *1886–1890 Guðmundur Pétursson in Syðri-Hofdalir *1890–1892 Þorgrímur Ásgrímsson in Hofstaðasel *1892–1894 Björn Pétursson in Hofsstaðir *1894–1904 Séra Zophonías Halldórsson in Viðvík *1904–1910 Jósef J. Björnsson in Vatnsleysa *1910–1919 Hartmann Ásgrímsson in Kolkuós *1919–1922 Jóhannes Björnsson in Hofsstaðir *1922–1925 Björn Björnsson in Narfastaðir *1925–1931 Bessi Gíslason in Kýrholt *1931–1932 Björn Símonarson in Enni *1932–1942 Gunnlaugur Björnsson in Brimnes *1942–1958 Sigurmon Hartmannsson in Kolkuós *1958–1962 Sverrir Björnsson in Viðvík *1962–1982 Björn Gunnlaugsson in Brimnes *1982–1990 Bjarni Maronsson in Ásgeirsbrekka *1990–1994 Birgir Haraldsson in Bakki *1994–1998 Haraldur Þór Jóhannsson in Enni

References

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