Melstaður
Parish church in Iceland
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Melstaður is a church and vicarage of the Church of Iceland within the Húnavatns parish (Húnavatnsprestakall) in Miðfjörður, Iceland.
The church belongs to the Húnavatn and Skagafjörður diocese.[1] Melstaður was formerly, as of 2018, itself a parish.[1][clarification needed] In 2019, the merger of Melstaðarprestakall and other parishes into Húnavatnsprestakall was proposed.[2] At some later date the merger was completed.
Arngrímur Jónsson was rector there in the late 16th and early 17th century.[3][4]
Ólaf Pálsson left a cathedral benefice in Reykjavík in 1871 to take up the position as priest at Melstaður. He died in Melstaður in 1876.[5]
When the church installed a harmonium in 1872 during the rectorate of Ólaf Pálsson, it was the first such instrument in a rural church in Húnavatnssýsla. His son Theódór was the first organist.[5]
