Hof in Höfðaströnd
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Hof in Höfðaströnd
Hof á Höfðaströnd | |
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Town | |
 Hof á Höfðaströnd | |
| Country | Iceland |
| County | Skagafjörður |
| Time zone | UTC+0 |
Hof in Höfðaströnd is a town and church site in Skagafjörður, Iceland, a little ways up from Hofsós. It was previously a parsonage.[1] The Hof church was built from wood between the years of 1868 and 1870 and it is a protected building.[2]
Hof was a manor where many magistrates lived in previous centuries. This included:
- Brandur Jónsson, lawyer (died 1494)[3]
- Hrafn Brandsson the younger, who lived in Hof before he obtained Glaumbær from Teitur Þorleifsson[4]
- Magnús Björnsson, lawyer and grandson of Jón Arason[5]
- Skúli Magnússon, later a treasurer, also lived in Hof the first year that he was the sheriff of Skagafjörður[6]
Pálmi Jónsson, founder of Hagkaup, was born in Hof on June 3, 1923, and was brought up there.[7] His daughter Lilja bought Hof and undertook a considerable number of projects there including building a house designed by Studio Granda, which won a design award in 2007.[8] It was also nominated for the European Union Architectural Awards.