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Hof in Höfðaströnd

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Hof in Höfðaströnd
Hof á Höfðaströnd
Town
Town of Hof, with the river Hofsá in the foreground and mountains in the background
Hof á Höfðaströnd
CountryIceland
CountySkagafjörður
Time zoneUTC+0

Hof in Höfðaströnd is a town and church site in Skagafjörður, Iceland, a little ways up from Hofsós. It was previously a parsonage.[1] The Hof church was built from wood between the years of 1868 and 1870 and it is a protected building.[2]

Hof was a manor where many magistrates lived in previous centuries. This included:

Pálmi Jónsson, founder of Hagkaup, was born in Hof on June 3, 1923, and was brought up there.[7] His daughter Lilja bought Hof and undertook a considerable number of projects there including building a house designed by Studio Granda, which won a design award in 2007.[8] It was also nominated for the European Union Architectural Awards.

References

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  1. ^ "Höfði Höfðaströnd - NAT ferðavísir" (in Icelandic). 2020-07-07. Retrieved 2024-09-14.
  2. ^ "Hofskirkja á Höfðaströnd". 2017-09-29. Archived from the original on 2017-09-29. Retrieved 2024-09-15.
  3. ^ "Skutull - 21.-27. Tölublað (24.12.1956) - Tímarit.is". timarit.is. Retrieved 2024-09-15.
  4. ^ "Skagfirðingabók - 1. tölublað (01.01.2014) - Tímarit.is". timarit.is. Retrieved 2024-09-15.
  5. ^ "Gripla - 23. árgangur 2012 (20.12.2012) - Tímarit.is". timarit.is. Retrieved 2024-09-15.
  6. ^ "Þjóðlíf - 10. tölublað (01.10.1988) - Tímarit.is". timarit.is. Retrieved 2024-09-15.
  7. ^ "Andvari - 118. Tölublað (01.01.1993) - Tímarit.is". timarit.is. Retrieved 2024-09-15.
  8. ^ "Fréttatíminn - 20. tölublað (13.05.2016) - Tímarit.is". timarit.is. Retrieved 2024-09-15.