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Hólahreppur
Hólahreppur
Hreppur
	Hólahreppur
Country	Iceland
County	Skagafjörður
Unification of Skagafjörður (municipality)	June 6, 1998
Named for	The town of Hólar
Towns	List Hólar, Skúfsstaðir, Skriðuland, Sleitustaðir, Kálfsstaðir, Neðri-Ás, Hrafnhóll, Laufskálar;
Time zone	UTC+0

Hólahreppur was a hreppur, an old Icelandic municipality, in the east of Skagafjörður County, Iceland.^[1] It was named after the old bishop's residence, Hólar, in Hjaltadalur.^[2]

Hólahreppur consisted of two inhabited valleys: Hjaltadalur and Kolbeinsdalur, the latter of which has predominantly become deserted.

On June 6, 1998, Hólahreppur joined ten other local governments to form Skagafjörður county: Skefilsstaðahreppur, Sauðárkrókur, Skarðshreppur, Staðarhreppur, Seyluhreppur, Lýtingsstaðahreppur, Rípurhreppur, Viðvíkurhreppur, Hofshreppur, and Fljótahreppur.^[3]

Hreppur council

The last Hólahreppur council was elected in the hreppur committee election on May 28, 1994, in which Bryndís Bjarnadóttir, Einar Svansson, Gunnar Guðmundsson, Sverrir Magnússon, and Valgeir Bjarnason were voted into office.^[4]

Council chairs

Source:^[5]

1874–1876 Kristján Kjærnested in Hólar
1876–1878 Jón Tómasson in Hólar
1878–1881 Jón Ásgrímsson in Skúfsstaðir
1881–1885 Sigurður Gunnlaugsson in Skriðuland
1885–1886 Magnús Ásgrímsson in Sleitustaðir
1886–1889 Jón Sigurðsson in Skúfsstaðir
1889–1892 Árni Ásgrímsson in Kálfsstaðir
1892–1910 Jón Sigurðsson in Skúfsstaðir
1910–1916 (Geirfinnur) Trausti Friðfinnsson in Hólar
1916–1922 Árni Árnason in Kálfsstaðir
1922–1928 Páll Zóphóníasson in Hólar
1928–1934 Steinn Stefánsson in Neðri-Ás
1934–1962 Friðbjörn Traustason in Hólar
1962–1963 Páll Sigurðsson in Hof I
1963–1980 Guðmundur Stefánsson in Hrafnhóll
1980–1982 Trausti Pálsson in Laufskálar
1982–1990 Hörður Jónsson in Hof II
1990–1994 Trausti Pálsson in Hólar
1994–1998 Valgeir Bjarnason in Hólar

References

^ "Holahreppur Map, Weather and Photos - Iceland: administrative division - Lat:65.65 and Long:-19". www.getamap.net. Retrieved 2024-08-11.
^ Háskólabókasafn, Landsbókasafn Íslands-. "Tímarit.is". timarit.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2024-08-11.
^ Skagafjörður. "Fróðleikur um Skagafjörð". Skagafjörður (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2024-08-11.
^ Háskólabókasafn, Landsbókasafn Íslands-. "Tímarit.is". timarit.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2024-08-11.
^ Byggðasaga Skagafjarðar VI. bindi Hólahreppur, Hjalti Pálsson (editor), p. 46