He led various progressive issues on behalf of the people in Skagafjörður and he was an accomplished carpenter who constructed the church in Víðimýri.
[1] In 2002, when ground was broken for Keldudalur’s tourist services building, human bones were found and the antiquities officer was made aware.
The graveyard proved to be from Iceland’s first centuries of Christianity; the first graves seemed to have been dug in or shortly after the year 1000, but the cemetery fell into disuse by 1300.
[2] Underneath the church yard, clear remains of a hut from the age of settlement were discovered and, nearby, a group of pagan graves were found.
The remains of various ancient structures were discovered in additional excavations in Keldudalur and they are considered extremely well preserved.