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Seyluhreppur is an old Icelandic ''
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, ...
'', or rural municipality, that is today part of the municipality of
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 ...
. It is located to the west of 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 ...
river in Skagafjörður county and is named after the town of Stóra-Seyla in Langholt, which was where county assemblies were held. 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 Víðimýri is an estate in Skagafjörður, Iceland south of Varmahlíð, which overlooks it. The area was previously a part of Seyluhreppur. The estate used to be a manor and was, at the end of the 12th century and during the 13th century, t ...
. In centuries past, there was also a church in Geldingaholt. Agriculture was, for a long time, the inhabitants’ primary occupation, but shortly before 1950, a small urban area developed in
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 ...
, 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. 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,
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, Staðarhreppur, 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 ...
, Viðvíkurhreppur, 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 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: * 1874–1877 Stefán Einarsson in Krossanes * 1877–1880 Magnús Jónsson in Fjall * 1880–1884 Halldór Stefánsson in
Víðimýri Víðimýri is an estate in Skagafjörður, Iceland south of Varmahlíð, which overlooks it. The area was previously a part of Seyluhreppur. The estate used to be a manor and was, at the end of the 12th century and during the 13th century, t ...
* 1884–1888 Eyjólfur Hansson in Valadalur * 1888–1892 Árni Jónsson in Marbæli * 1892–1899 Sigurður Jónsson in Brautarholt * 1899–1901 Jón Ásgrímsson in Húsey * 1901–1919 Sigurður Jónsson in Brautarholt * 1919–1935 Björn L. Jónsson in Stóra-Seyla * 1935–1970 Haraldur Jónasson in Vellir * 1970–1986 Jónas Haraldsson in Vellir * 1986–1998 Sigurður Haraldsson in Grófargil


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