Skarðshreppur was a hreppur, an old Icelandic municipality, in the west of Skagafjörður county, Iceland, named for the farm in Gönguskörð, located at the base of Tindastóll Mountain.
Skarðshreppur and Sauðárkrókur were created in 1907 when Sauðárhreppur was divided in two.
Skarðshreppur had three districts: Reykjaströnd, the furthest out, at the base of the east side of Tindastóll Mountain Gönguskörð, a mountain valley south of Tindastóll Borgarsveit, the settlement south of Sauðárkrókur
On June 6, 1998, Skarðshreppur joined ten other local governments to form Skagafjörður: Skefilsstaðahreppur, Sauðárkrókur, Rípurhreppur, Staðarhreppur, Seyluhreppur, Lýtingsstaðahreppur, Viðvíkurhreppur, Hólahreppur, Hofshreppur, and Fljótahreppur.
Hreppur council The last Skarðshreppur council was elected in the committee election on May 28, 1994, in which Andrés Helgason, Jón Eiríksson, Sigrún Aadnegaard, Sigurður Guðjónsson, and Úlfar Sveinsson were voted into office.
Council chairs Source: 1874–1879 Sveinn Sölvason in Skarð 1879–1880 Þorleifur Jónasson in Reykir 1880–1883 Benedikt Sölvason in Ingveldarstaður 1883–1886 Þorleifur Jónasson in Reykir 1886–1889 Benedikt Sölvason in Ingveldarstaðar 1889–1895 Björn Jónsson in Veðramót 1895–1913 Benedikt Sölvason in Ingveldarstaður 1913–1922 Sigurjón Jónasson in Hólakot 1922–1931 Sigurður Á. Björnsson in Veðramót 1931–1933 Eiríkur Björnsson in Gil 1933–1946 Stefán Sigurfinnsson in Meyjarland 1946–1948 Árni Daníelsson in Sjávarborg 1948–1950 Ólafur Lárusson in Skarð 1950–1954 Stefán Sigurfinnsson in Meyjarland 1954–1958 Haraldur Árnason in Sjávarborg 1958–1961 Gunnar Guðmundsson in Reykir 1961–1962 Haraldur Árnason in Sjávarborg 1962–1966 Stefán Sigurfinnsson in Meyjarland 1966–1970 Jón Eiríksson in Fagranes 1970–1998 Úlfar Sveinsson in Ingveldarstaður
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