Borg á Mýrum

One of the country's original settlers was Skallagrímur Kveldúlfsson (Skalla-Grímr), who claimed the area around Borg as his land, built a farm and made his home there.

[1][2] Borg á Mýrum was visited in 1897 by a British antiquary, William Gershom Collingwood (1854-1932),(see note1) who found 'the historical homestead, still partly built of oak-beams carved and moulded in the ancient times'.

The abstract sculpture represents him as he grieves for two of his sons, Gunnar and Böðvarr, and seeks solace in the skaldic poem Sonatorrek.

[6] Borg á Mýrum has had a church ever since Iceland was Christianised around the year 1000, shortly after Egill's death.

The altarpiece, depicting Christ blessing the little children, is unique in Iceland for being painted in Pre-Raphaelite style.