Skagafjörður (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈskaːɣaˌfjœrðʏr̥] ⓘ) is a municipality that covers most of the land area of the region around the fjord with the same name (see Skagafjörður for details on the region) in northern Iceland.
The merge was approved in all the municipalities that held the vote.
Akrahreppur was the only municipality in Skagafjörður that did not participate.
[1] In February 2022, residents of Akrahreppur and Skagafjörður voted to merge into a single municipality; the merger will be formalized in the spring of 2022.
[2][needs update] The merge joined the town of Sauðárkrókur, the villages of Hofsós and Varmahlíð and several rural districts.