Fljótahreppur

Fljótahreppur
Hreppur
Map showing the borders of Fljótahreppur
Fljótahreppur
CountryIceland
CountySkagafjörður
Unification of Skagafjörður (municipality)June 6, 1998
Named forFljót
Time zoneUTC+0

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.[1]

Fljótahreppur was split into Haganeshreppur and Holtshreppur in 1898 (or possibly 1899) but they were reunited under the same name on April 1, 1988.[2]

On June 6, 1988, Fljótahreppur joined ten other local governments to form Skagafjörður county: Skefilsstaðahreppur, Sauðárkrókur, Skarðshreppur, Staðarhreppur, Seyluhreppur, Lýtingsstaðahreppur, Rípurhreppur, Viðvíkurhreppur, Hólahreppur, and Hofshreppur.[3]

Hreppur council

The last Fljótahreppur council was elected in the hreppur committee election on May 28, 1994, in which Guðrún Halldórsdóttir, Gunnar Steingrímsson, Haukur Ástvaldsson, Hermann Jónsson, and Örn Þórarinsson were voted into office.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Fljót – Iceland Road Guide" (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2024-08-11.
  2. ^ "Fljótahreppur 1988-1998". kosningasaga (in Icelandic). 2013-02-25. Retrieved 2024-08-11.
  3. ^ Skagafjörður. "Fróðleikur um Skagafjörð". Skagafjörður (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2024-08-11.
  4. ^ Háskólabókasafn, Landsbókasafn Íslands-. "Tímarit.is". timarit.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2024-08-11.