Gaulverjabær, Arnessysla, Iceland

Gaulverjabær is a farm in South Iceland. Gaulverjabær is situated nearby to Gaulverjabæjarkirkja, and close to Dalbær.

Gaulverjabær has been a church site and manor since early settlement. Loftur Gamli from Norway was Gaulverjabær’s first settler and named the place after people from Gaular in Norway, which is a province of Sogn and Fjordane. In 1930 a significant collection of 360 silver coins from the first century of Icelandic settlement was discovered at this site. The current church was built in 1909 and has now been preserved.