Viðvíkurhreppur a hreppur, an old Icelandic municipality, in between the Héraðsvötn and Hjaltadalsá in Skagafjörður County, Iceland. It is named after the church site Viðvík.
On June 6, 1998, Viðvíkurhreppur joined ten other local governments to form Skagafjörður County: Skefilsstaðahreppur, Sauðárkrókur, Skarðshreppur, Staðarhreppur, Seyluhreppur, Lýtingsstaðahreppur, Rípurhreppur, Hólahreppur, Hofshreppur, and Fljótahreppur.
Hreppur council The last Viðvíkurhreppur council was elected in the committee election on May 28, 1994, in which Brynleifur Siglaugsson, Halldór Jónasson, Halldór Steingrímsson, Haraldur Þór Jóhannsson, and Trausti Kristjánsson were voted into office.
Council chairs Source:Byggðasaga Skagafjarðar V. bindi Rípurhreppur - Viðvíkurhreppur, ritstjóri Hjalti Pálsson, bls 203 1874–1877 Björn Pálmason in Ásgeirsbrekka 1877–1880 Sigurður Pétursson in Hofsstaðir 1880–1883 Aðalsteinn Steinsson in Litlahóll 1883–1886 Björn Pálmason in Ásgeirsbrekka 1886–1890 Guðmundur Pétursson in Syðri-Hofdalir 1890–1892 Þorgrímur Ásgrímsson in Hofstaðasel 1892–1894 Björn Pétursson in Hofsstaðir 1894–1904 Séra Zophonías Halldórsson in Viðvík 1904–1910 Jósef J. Björnsson in Vatnsleysa 1910–1919 Hartmann Ásgrímsson in Kolkuós 1919–1922 Jóhannes Björnsson in Hofsstaðir 1922–1925 Björn Björnsson in Narfastaðir 1925–1931 Bessi Gíslason in Kýrholt 1931–1932 Björn Símonarson in Enni 1932–1942 Gunnlaugur Björnsson in Brimnes 1942–1958 Sigurmon Hartmannsson in Kolkuós 1958–1962 Sverrir Björnsson in Viðvík 1962–1982 Björn Gunnlaugsson in Brimnes 1982–1990 Bjarni Maronsson in Ásgeirsbrekka 1990–1994 Birgir Haraldsson in Bakki 1994–1998 Haraldur Þór Jóhannsson in Enni
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