Skarðshreppur Explained
| Skarðshreppur |
| Settlement Type: | Hreppur |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Iceland |
| Subdivision Type1: | County |
| Subdivision Name1: | Skagafjörður |
| Extinct Title: | Unification of Skagafjörður (municipality) |
| Extinct Date: | June 6, 1998 |
| Named For: | Skarð farm in Gönguskörð |
| Parts Type: | Towns |
| Parts: | Reykjaströnd, Gönguskörð, Borgarsveit, Skarð, Reykir, Ingveldarstaður, Veðramót, Hólakot, Gil, Meyjarland, Sjávarborg, Fagranes |
| Utc Offset: | +0 |
Skarðshreppur was a hreppur, an old Icelandic municipality, in the west of Skagafjörður county, Iceland, named for the Skarð farm in Gönguskörð, located at the base of Tindastóll Mountain.[1]
Skarðshreppur and Sauðárkrókur were created in 1907 when Sauðárhreppur was divided in two.[2]
Skarðshreppur had three districts:
- Reykjaströnd, the furthest out, at the base of the east side of Tindastóll Mountain
- Gönguskörð, a mountain valley south of Tindastóll
- Borgarsveit, the settlement south of Sauðárkrókur
On June 6, 1998, Skarðshreppur joined ten other local governments to form Skagafjörður: Skefilsstaðahreppur, Sauðárkrókur, Rípurhreppur, Staðarhreppur, Seyluhreppur, Lýtingsstaðahreppur, Viðvíkurhreppur, Hólahreppur, Hofshreppur, and Fljótahreppur.[3]
Hreppur council
The last Skarðshreppur council was elected in the Icelandic: hreppur committee election on May 28, 1994, in which Andrés Helgason, Jón Eiríksson, Sigrún Aadnegaard, Sigurður Guðjónsson, and Úlfar Sveinsson were voted into office.[4]
Council chairs[5]
- 1874–1879 Sveinn Sölvason in Skarð
- 1879–1880 Þorleifur Jónasson in Reykir
- 1880–1883 Benedikt Sölvason in Ingveldarstaður
- 1883–1886 Þorleifur Jónasson in Reykir
- 1886–1889 Benedikt Sölvason in Ingveldarstaðar
- 1889–1895 Björn Jónsson in Veðramót
- 1895–1913 Benedikt Sölvason in Ingveldarstaður
- 1913–1922 Sigurjón Jónasson in Hólakot
- 1922–1931 Sigurður Á. Björnsson in Veðramót
- 1931–1933 Eiríkur Björnsson in Gil
- 1933–1946 Stefán Sigurfinnsson in Meyjarland
- 1946–1948 Árni Daníelsson in Sjávarborg
- 1948–1950 Ólafur Lárusson in Skarð
- 1950–1954 Stefán Sigurfinnsson in Meyjarland
- 1954–1958 Haraldur Árnason in Sjávarborg
- 1958–1961 Gunnar Guðmundsson in Reykir
- 1961–1962 Haraldur Árnason in Sjávarborg
- 1962–1966 Stefán Sigurfinnsson in Meyjarland
- 1966–1970 Jón Eiríksson in Fagranes
- 1970–1998 Úlfar Sveinsson in Ingveldarstaður
Notes and References
- Web site: 2012-01-23 . Sauðárkrókur . 2024-07-14 . Sauðárkrókur . en-US.
- Web site: 2013 . Úrskurður Óbyggðanefndar . 2024-07-13 . obyggdanefnd.is . 34, 42 . is.
- Web site: Skagafjörður . Fróðleikur um Skagafjörð . 2024-07-14 . Skagafjörður . is.
- Web site: Háskólabókasafn . Landsbókasafn Íslands- . Tímarit.is . 2024-07-14 . timarit.is . is.
- Web site: 1999-12-05 . Byggðasaga Skagafjarðar – I. bindi: um Skefilsstaðahrepp og Skarðshrepp . Skagafjörður Regional History – Vol. I. On Skefilsstaðahreppur and Skarðshreppur . 2024-07-14 . Forlagið bókabúð . 190 . is.
