Hofshreppur (Skagafjörður)

Hofshreppur, previously Höfðastrandarhreppur, was a hreppur, an old Icelandic municipality, in Skagafjörður county, Iceland, located on the east side of the main part of the fjord.

[1] It was named after the church site Hof in Höfðaströnd.

[2] The old trading post Hofsós was made into its own hreppur on January 1, 1948.

On June 19, 1990, Hofshreppur and Fellshreppur, located to the north, merged into a single municipality.

[3] On June 6, 1998, Hofshreppur joined ten other local governments to form Skagafjörður county: Skefilsstaðahreppur, Sauðárkrókur, Skarðshreppur, Staðarhreppur, Seyluhreppur, Lýtingsstaðahreppur, Rípurhreppur, Viðvíkurhreppur, Hólahreppur, and Fljótahreppur.

Hofshreppur from 1948 to 1990
Hofshreppur until 1947