Stöðvarfjörður
Stöðvarfjörður (; formerly Kirkjuból ) is a village in east Iceland. It sits on the Northern shore of the fjord of the same name, is part of the municipality of Fjarðabyggð and has less than 200 inhabitants.
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Stöðvarfjörður (; formerly Kirkjuból ) is a village in east Iceland. It sits on the Northern shore of the fjord of the same name, is part of the municipality of Fjarðabyggð and has less than 200 inhabitants.
==History== Stöðvarfjörður is recorded as (Old Norse: ) in the Landnámabók as having been settled by Þórhaddur 'The Old' from Trondheim, Norway.
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