Fellshreppur (Skagafjörður) Explained

Fellshreppur
Other Name:Sléttuhlíðarhreppur
Settlement Type:Hreppur
Map Alt:Map showing the borders of Fellshreppur
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Iceland
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Skagafjörður
Extinct Title:Merger with Hofshreppur
Extinct Date:June 10, 1999
Named For:Fell í Sléttuhlíð
Parts Type:Districts
P1:Sléttuhlíð, Hrolleifsdalur
Utc Offset:+0
Footnotes:Now a part of Skagafjörður (municipality)

Fellshreppur, previously Sléttuhlíðarhreppur, was a hreppur, an old Icelandic municipality, in Skagafjörður County, Iceland, located on the east side of the fjord. It was named after the church site Fell in Sléttuhlíð.[1] There were two districts in the : Sléttuhlíð and Hrolleifsdalur,[2] the latter of which has long since been abandoned and become pasture land.[3]

Fellshreppur joined Hofshreppur on June 10, 1990.[4]

Hreppur Council

The last Fellshreppur council was elected in the committee election on June 14, 1986, in which Eggert Jóhannsson, Jón Björn Sigurðsson, Kristján Árnason, Magnús Pétursson, and Stefán Gestsson were voted into office.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fellskirkja . 2024-08-30 . web.archive.org.
  2. Web site: Háskólabókasafn . Landsbókasafn Íslands- . Tímarit.is . 2024-08-30 . timarit.is . is.
  3. Web site: Hrolleifsdalur . 2024-08-30 . Icelandmag . en.
  4. Web site: Sigurðardóttir . Hjördís Erna . Örnefni, Örnefnanefnd, sameinuð sveitarfélög og bæjanöfn: Vald og saga örnefnastýringar . 2024-08-29 . skemman.is . is . Iceland.
  5. Fellshreppur: Gerðabók kjörstjórnar v/sveitarstjórnakosninga 1978-1989