Skagafjordur is a municipality on a deep bay in northern Iceland. The area is a prosperous agricultural region, as you have seen in recent posts.

This region is heavy in Dairies, sheep, and horses. In fact, there are more horses than people in this county.

Our main stop at this location was an old church. Next to the church was the rather ancient house built and used by the minister of the church. The minister changed many times over the years but the house endured and is another good example of early Icelandic housing.

This first view of the house is the back side of the house. The main sections are to Vicky's left and directly behind her. The separate smaller buildings farther back are separate open-ended barns or rooms used for different specific purposes.

This is a closer view of the back side of a building. They brought wood to Iceland from Norway or Denmark for the building's structure but they used the local rocks and sod. This is sod that was cut and stacked to form walls.

The bedrooms looked to be rather comfortable but they were like dorm rooms with lots of beds. The entire space also had other uses during the day time.

I'm always partial to kitchen space. This house had something like eighteen people living in it, so they needed a large kitchen to prepare food for all those people.

This was the bedroom and office of the minister. It was by far the nicest space in the house with the most room and the best furnishings.