Viðvíkurhreppur Explained
thumb|ViðvíkurhreppurViðvíkurhreppur a hreppur, an old Icelandic municipality, in between the Héraðsvötn and Hjaltadalsá in Skagafjörður County, Iceland.[1] It is named after the church site Viðvík.[2]
On June 6, 1998, Viðvíkurhreppur joined ten other local governments to form Skagafjörður County: Skefilsstaðahreppur, Sauðárkrókur, Skarðshreppur, Staðarhreppur, Seyluhreppur, Lýtingsstaðahreppur, Rípurhreppur, Hólahreppur, Hofshreppur, and Fljótahreppur.[3]
Hreppur council
The last Viðvíkurhreppur council was elected in the Icelandic: hreppur committee election on May 28, 1994, in which Brynleifur Siglaugsson, Halldór Jónasson, Halldór Steingrímsson, Haraldur Þór Jóhannsson, and Trausti Kristjánsson were voted into office.[4]
Council chairs[5]
- 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
Notes and References
- Web site: Vidvikurhreppur (Vidhvikurhreppur) Map, Weather and Photos - Iceland: administrative division - Lat:65.75 and Long:-19.3167 . 2024-08-04 . www.getamap.net.
- Web site: Viðvík – Iceland Road Guide . 2024-08-04 . en-US.
- Web site: Skagafjörður . Fróðleikur um Skagafjörð . 2024-08-04 . Skagafjörður . is.
- Web site: Háskólabókasafn . Landsbókasafn Íslands- . Tímarit.is . 2024-08-04 . timarit.is . is.
- Byggðasaga Skagafjarðar V. bindi Rípurhreppur - Viðvíkurhreppur, ritstjóri Hjalti Pálsson, bls 203
