The sailors, making good on the promise, built a wooden church at the site and named it Strandarkirkja.

[3] In earlier times Strönd (Coast in Icelandic) was a rich farm, where both sea and land gave generously.

[4] The pastures were rich, consisting of good land facing south for grazing sheep and sheltered from the cold northern wind by the mountain Hlíðarfjall 5–6 km north of Selvogur.

[8] Selvogur now has only a couple of isolated farms and a popular free campground, as well as a café T-Bær for the travelers passing through.

There is also a fisherman's mass (Veiðimannamessa [ˈveiːðɪˌmanːaˌmɛsːa]) in October that is open to all, but primarily caters to the hunters with their hunting cabin at the nearby Hlíðarvatn, a lake owned by the church.

[11] A statue of Norwegian granite carved by the Icelandic sculptor Gunnfríður Jónsdóttir (1889–1968) in 1950 called Landsýn [ˈlantˌsiːn], or 'Land in Sight', now stands by Strandarkirkja to commemorate the story of the church's founding.