Langholt is an area in Skagafjörður—a fjord in the north of Iceland—that lies to the west of Héraðsvötn and alongside a broad, low hill that runs from Reykjarhóll along Varmahlíð, in the lee of Reynistaður to the north. The southern part of Langholt used to belong to Seyluhreppur and the northern part to Staðarhreppur,[1] but now both of these rural districts belong to the larger municipality of Skagafjörður.[2] The national highway from Varmahlíð to Sauðárkrókur runs through Langholt.
Langholt is home to quite a few fertile and densely populated farms, all located to the east of the hill. The southern part of the hill is called Seyla (officially Stóra-Seyla), from which Seyluhreppur derived its name.[3] A short distance from there is Ytra-Skörðugil, where the savant Gísli Konráðsson lived for a long time.[4] The Glaumbær church site, which is now the Skagafjörður Folk Museum, is located at the middle of the hill.[5] At the end of the hill one finds Staðará (Sæmundará), south of Reynistaður.