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SKOGAR Skogar is the common name for two farms, a school and the open air- and folk museum. The school and the museum were inaugurated in 1949. The school buildings are used as a summer hotel. The curator of the folk museum was the initiator of its foundation and he is responsible for its collection and development for more than 5 decades. He is still going strong and enjoys showing the visitors around. Old houses have been restored and rebuilt on the museum grounds. The church is a replica of old country churches but the inside decorations are old artifacts from none existing old churches. The church was consecrated by the Lutheran bishop in 1998. |
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There had been no church at
Skogar for more than two centuries, when that happened. The construction of
a communications' museum has started at Skogar. The alluvial plain south of
Skogar shows us clearly, that it is possible to turn the gray gravel and
sand deserts green again and down by the sea it is possible to spot the
harbour seals tumbling in the water. A fine hiking trail is over
Fimmvorduhals
to Thorsmork. The distance from the capital is about 154 km. 48 km Hvolsvollur <Skogar> Vik 33 km |
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