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-Seyla in Langholt, which was where county assemblies were held.[1]
Seyluhreppur consisted of four districts: Langholt, Vallhólmur, Víðimýrarhverfi, and Skörð, aside from Fjall, Geldingaholt, and Húsabakkabæirnir, which were not considered to belong to any of the four districts. Seyluhreppur is wide, but only six towns in the had land bordering the mountain. The municipality was located completely in the parish of Glaumbær where there were two churches, one in the town of Glaumbær and one in Víðimýri. In centuries past, there was also a church in Geldingaholt.[2]
Agriculture was, for a long time, the inhabitants’ primary occupation, but shortly before 1950, a small urban area developed in Varmahlíð, most of whose residents work in various types of businesses or in service jobs. Varmahlíð has a school, community center, hotel, and swimming pool, as well as shops and other services.[3] After incorporating into the municipality of Skagafjörður, 303 residents lived in the, with 125 in Varmahlíð.
On June 6, 1988, the joined ten other local municipalities to form the eponymous municipality of Skagafjörður: Skefilsstaðahreppur, Sauðárkrókskaupstaður, Skarðshreppur, Staðarhreppur, Lýtingsstaðahreppur, Rípurhreppur, Viðvíkurhreppur, Hólahreppur, Hofshreppur, and Fljótahreppur.[4]
The last government council in Seyluhreppur was elected in the May 28, 1994 municipal elections, consisting of Anna Sigríður Hróðmarsdóttir, Arnór Gunnarsson, Kristján Sigurpálsson, Sigurður Haraldsson, and Sveinn Allan Morthens.
Council chairs:[5]