Hólahreppur was a hreppur, an old Icelandic municipality, in the east of Skagafjörður County, Iceland. It was named after the old bishop's residence, Hólar, in Hjaltadalur.
Hólahreppur consisted of two inhabited valleys: Hjaltadalur and Kolbeinsdalur, the latter of which has predominantly become deserted.
On June 6, 1998, Hólahreppur joined ten other local governments to form Skagafjörður county: Skefilsstaðahreppur, Sauðárkrókur, Skarðshreppur, Staðarhreppur, Seyluhreppur, Lýtingsstaðahreppur, Rípurhreppur, Viðvíkurhreppur, Hofshreppur, and Fljótahreppur.
Hreppur council The last Hólahreppur council was elected in the committee election on May 28, 1994, in which Bryndís Bjarnadóttir, Einar Svansson, Gunnar Guðmundsson, Sverrir Magnússon, and Valgeir Bjarnason were voted into office.
Council chairs Source:Byggðasaga Skagafjarðar VI. bindi Hólahreppur, Hjalti Pálsson (editor), p. 46 1874–1876 Kristján Kjærnested in Hólar 1876–1878 Jón Tómasson in Hólar 1878–1881 Jón Ásgrímsson in Skúfsstaðir 1881–1885 Sigurður Gunnlaugsson in Skriðuland 1885–1886 Magnús Ásgrímsson in Sleitustaðir 1886–1889 Jón Sigurðsson in Skúfsstaðir 1889–1892 Árni Ásgrímsson in Kálfsstaðir 1892–1910 Jón Sigurðsson in Skúfsstaðir 1910–1916 (Geirfinnur) Trausti Friðfinnsson in Hólar 1916–1922 Árni Árnason in Kálfsstaðir 1922–1928 Páll Zóphóníasson in Hólar 1928–1934 Steinn Stefánsson in Neðri-Ás 1934–1962 Friðbjörn Traustason in Hólar 1962–1963 Páll Sigurðsson in Hof I 1963–1980 Guðmundur Stefánsson in Hrafnhóll 1980–1982 Trausti Pálsson in Laufskálar 1982–1990 Hörður Jónsson in Hof II 1990–1994 Trausti Pálsson in Hólar 1994–1998 Valgeir Bjarnason in Hólar
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