Fjallabyggð is a municipality located in northern Iceland. The former municipalities of Ólafsfjörður and Siglufjörður joined to form it in 2006.
Siglufjörður, one of the component settlements of Fjallabyggð
Iceland is a Nordic island country between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, located on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between Europe and North America. It is culturally and politically linked wi
Fjallabyggð
…Fjallabyggð (Icelandic pronunciation: ) is a municipality located in northern Iceland. The former municipalities of Ólafsfjörður and Siglufjörður joined to form it in 2006. Media related to Fjallabyggð at Wikimedia Commons…
Norsemen landing in Iceland – a 19th-century depiction by Oscar Wergeland
Ingólfr Arnarson (modern Icelandic: Ingólfur Arnarson), the first permanent Scandinavian settler
Turf houses have been constructed since Iceland was settled in the 9th century.
Ósvör, a replica of an old fishing outpost outside Bolungarvík