Fagranes (Skagafjörður)
Fagranes | |
|---|---|
Farm | |
| Country | Iceland |
| County | Skagafjörður |
| District | Reykjaströnd |
Fagranes is a farm in the Reykjaströnd district in Skagafjörður, Iceland, off the east of Tindastóll mountain. It was the location of a church and vicarage, but the church was decommissioned in 1892 and the vicarage moved to Sauðárkrókur.[1] The church had an old pulpit thought to be from the time of bishop Guðbrandur Þorláksson.[2] It is now in the National Museum of Iceland.[3]
Jón Eiríksson, called Drangeyjarjarl (the Earl of Drangey), now lives in Fagranes and has long made use of Drangey's resources and maintained its landing site. He regularly sails to the island with tourists and has built a landing site in Reykir. He also oversaw the construction of Grettislaug in Reykir in 1992.[4] There is a monument to Grettir sterki ("the strong") Ásmundarson in Fagranes. Grettir himself is said to have been buried in the graveyard at the church in Reykir—or at least his body is there. Þorbjörn öngull 'the fish hook' took his head.[5]
References
- ^ "Reykja og Fagraneskirkja - NAT ferðavísir". nat.is (in Icelandic). 2020-05-04. Archived from the original on 2024-09-19. Retrieved 2025-07-19.
- ^ Margerøy, Ellen Marie (1999). Útskurður og Líkneskjumíð úr tré [Wood Carving and Iconography] (in Icelandic). pp. 51–52.
- ^ "Sarpur.is - Predikunarstóll". Sarpur.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2025-07-19.
- ^ "Byggði Grettislaug eftir eigin hugmyndum" [Building Grettislaug according to his own ideas]. Dagur (in Icelandic). 1993-07-22. p. 6. Retrieved 2025-07-19.
- ^ Óla, Árna (1974-06-30). "Örnefni Kennd við Gretti" [Places named after Grettir]. Lesbók Morgunblaðsins (in Icelandic). pp. 4–5. Retrieved 2025-07-19.