Hof is a historic church and manor site in Skagafjordur, northern Iceland, just inland from the coastal town of Hofsos, 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 Jonsson, who died in 1494, and the later treasurer Skuli Magnusson. Palmi Jonsson, 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. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Source Hof in H�fdastr�nd (Wikidata)
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- Also in Geography Atlas: Iceland, located there.
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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.
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Hof is a historic church and manor site in Skagafjordur, northern Iceland, just inland from the coastal town of Hofsos, 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 Jonsson, who died in 1494, and the later treasurer Skuli Magnusson. Palmi Jonsson, 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.
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
View the Source2. Hof in H�fdastr�nd (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationIntroduction
The Hof church was built from wood between the years of 1868 and 1870
Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Iceland
Wikidata item Q16428138, property P131/P17 (location): Iceland
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