Langholt is a district 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 ...

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that lies to the west of

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 alongside a broad, low hill that runs from Reykjarhóll along

Varmahlíð Varmahlíð () is a small village in Skagafjörður, northern Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and E ...

, in the lee of Reynistaður to the north. The southern part of Langholt used to belong to

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 ...

and the northern part to Staðarhreppur, but now both of these rural districts belong to the larger municipality of Skagafjörður county.

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from to

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 ...

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. A short distance from there is the farm , where the savant Gísli Konráðsson lived for a long time. The

Glaumbær Glaumbær is an Icelandic town and church site in the middle of Langholt, west of Héraðsvötn in Skagafjörður, formerly a part of the rural municipality Seyluhreppur. It is now home to the Skagafjörður Folk Museum. History The Glaumbær ...

church site, which is now the

Skagafjörður Folk Museum The Skagafjörður Folk Museum is an outdoor settlement museum that was established in 1948 when the National Museum of Iceland acquired the rights to use the old town of Glaumbær at Langholt. It is also a center for housing Skagafjörður a ...

, is located halfway up the hill. At the end of the hill is river (also called Sæmundará), south of .

References

Sources

* Hjalti Pálsson (ritstj.): ''Byggðasaga Skagafjarðar II''. bindi. Staðarhreppur - Seyluhreppur. Sögufélag Skagfirðinga, 2001. ISBN 978-9979-861-10-2 {{coord, 65, 35, 53, N, 19, 31, 45, W, display=title, region:IS_dim:5000 Northeastern Region (Iceland) Populated places in Northeastern Region (Iceland)