Geirþjófsfjörður, Arnarfjörður, Iceland
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Geirþjófsfjörður is one of the Suðurfjörður fjords in Arnarfjörður , a long and narrow fjord, about 10 km from Ófærunes where it meets Trostansfjörður (from Kópanes farthest in Arnarfjörður and into the fjord bottom in Geirþjófsfjörður there are about 40 km). High mountains line the fjord on both sides and steep slopes down to the sea. The main lowlands are at the bottom of the fjord, but rather small. There is no road in the fjord, but the road through Dynjandisheiði between Vatnsfjörður and Dynjandi in Arnarfjörður lies above the bottom of the fjord and is visible from the heath.
There were three farms in the fjord and they are all now deserted, in addition the farm Steinanes was on the slopes of Langanes . There are still ruins of a concrete house. |
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North of the fjord, the land Krosseyri was on a peculiar seaweed formed by opposite currents, on the one hand from inside Geirþjófsfjörður and the other from outside Arnarfjörður. There is still a concrete residential building. Legend has it that the sea monster was last seen in this country on the shore of Krosseyri.
South of the fjord was Sperðlahlíð . There you can see ruins of dwellings and cattle houses, as they lived in a turf house until the earth was deserted in the forties of the twentieth century.
Deep in the fjord and the largest land was Langibotn where the settler Geirþjófur Valþjófsson is believed to have lived and Auðarbær where the exile's wife Gísli Súrsson lived in his exile. The valley up from the bottom of Geirþjófsfjörður is characterized by a large birch forest with a touch of try . Part of it was fenced and protected around 1930 and then the planting of conifers of various species began and was continued until the seventies. Some species have been well received, especially pines , and there are some good trees. When Langibotn was deserted in 1969 , it later became the property of the State ForestryLand Reclamation Fund . There is still a wooden dwelling house, originally moved to Siglufjörður by Norwegian whalers around 1840 and to Geirþjófsfjörður around 1880.
Gísla Súrsson's story Geirþjófsfjörður is one of Gísli Súrsson's main stories and it has been a living historical tradition in Arnarfjörður that it actually took place there. Among other things, you can see ruins near the town river that are said to be from the town of Auður, Gísli's wife. Remains have also been found south of the river, which are believed to have been Gísli's hiding place. According to the story, Gísli was killed on the cliff Einhamri where he avoided the team members of Eyjólfur grái. In connection with the Alþingi Festival in 1930, a memory of Gísli Súrsson and Auður Vésteinsdóttir was carved in Einhamar.
South of the fjord was Sperðlahlíð . There you can see ruins of dwellings and cattle houses, as they lived in a turf house until the earth was deserted in the forties of the twentieth century.
Deep in the fjord and the largest land was Langibotn where the settler Geirþjófur Valþjófsson is believed to have lived and Auðarbær where the exile's wife Gísli Súrsson lived in his exile. The valley up from the bottom of Geirþjófsfjörður is characterized by a large birch forest with a touch of try . Part of it was fenced and protected around 1930 and then the planting of conifers of various species began and was continued until the seventies. Some species have been well received, especially pines , and there are some good trees. When Langibotn was deserted in 1969 , it later became the property of the State ForestryLand Reclamation Fund . There is still a wooden dwelling house, originally moved to Siglufjörður by Norwegian whalers around 1840 and to Geirþjófsfjörður around 1880.
Gísla Súrsson's story Geirþjófsfjörður is one of Gísli Súrsson's main stories and it has been a living historical tradition in Arnarfjörður that it actually took place there. Among other things, you can see ruins near the town river that are said to be from the town of Auður, Gísli's wife. Remains have also been found south of the river, which are believed to have been Gísli's hiding place. According to the story, Gísli was killed on the cliff Einhamri where he avoided the team members of Eyjólfur grái. In connection with the Alþingi Festival in 1930, a memory of Gísli Súrsson and Auður Vésteinsdóttir was carved in Einhamar.
