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Hof in Höfðaströnd

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Hof is a historic church and manor site in Skagafjörður, northern Iceland, just inland from the coastal town of Hofsós, occupying the ground of a former parsonage. The surviving wooden church at Hof was built between 1868 and 1870 and remains a protected structure, while the sites manor house was home over the centuries to Icelandic magistrates including the lawyer Brandur Jónsson, who died in 1494, and the later treasurer Skúli Magnússon. Pálmi Jónsson, founder of the retailer Hagkaup, was born at Hof in 1923, and his daughter Lilja later built a new residence there designed by Studio Granda that won a design award in 2007.

Facts
Building Type
Church 1
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Iceland 2
Completed YearSourced to the subject's own account
1870 2
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
Church 1
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Church (Building), Concepts

Uses Element

Timber, Architectural Materials
Source Hof in H�fdastr�nd (Wikidata)
Additional Source Hof in Höfðaströnd (Wikipedia)Introduction
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Iceland

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Source Hof in Höfðaströnd (Wikipedia)
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1. Hof in Höfðaströnd (Wikipedia)
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hof_in_Höfðaströnd, lead definition
    Hof in Höfðaströnd is a town and church site in Skagafjörður, Iceland, a little ways up from Hofsós.
  • Introduction
    The Hof church was built from wood between the years of 1868 and 1870
  • Lead section
    This included: Brandur Jónsson, lawyer (died 1494) Hrafn Brandsson the younger, who lived in Hof before he obtained Glaumbær from Teitur Þorleifsson Magnús Björnsson, lawyer and grandson of Jón Arason Skúli Magnússon, later a treasurer, also lived in Hof the first year that he was the sheriff of Skagafjörður Pálmi Jónsson, founder of Hagkaup, was born in Hof on June 3, 1923, and was brought up there. His daughter Lilja bought Hof and undertook a considerable number of projects there including building a house designed by Studio Granda, which won a design award in 2007.
  • Wikipedia infobox building_type field (Church)
    Hof in Höfðaströnd is a town and church site in Skagafjörður, Iceland, a little ways up from Hofsós. It was previously a parsonage. The Hof church was built from wood between the years of 1868 and 1870 and it is a protected building. Hof was a manor where many magistrates lived in previous centuries. This included: Brandur Jónsson, lawyer (died 1494) Hrafn Brandsson the younger, who lived in Hof
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2. Hof in H�fdastr�nd (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Iceland
Quote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Iceland
Wikidata item Q16428138, property P131/P17 (location): Iceland
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