Þorlákshöfn

Þorlákshöfn
Town
Lutheran Church
Nickname(s): Höfnin
Location of the Municipality of Ölfus
Þorlákshöfn Location in Iceland
Coordinates: 63°51′N 21°22′W / 63.850°N 21.367°W / 63.850; -21.367
Country	Iceland
Constituency^[1]	South Constituency
Region^[2]	Southern Region
Municipality	Ölfus
Government
• Mayor	Gunnsteinn Ómarsson
Population (2014)
• Total	1,490
Time zone	GMT (UTC+0)
Post Code	815
Website	www.olfus.is

Þorlákshöfn is a town on the southern coast of Iceland in the Municipality of Ölfus.

The town is named after Þorlákur Helgi who was a bishop at Skálholt. Its main importance is as a port as it has the only harbour on Iceland's southern coastline between Grindavík in the west and Höfn in the east, and it serves as one of two departure points for ferries to the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago. Services include restaurants, golf course, motocross field, sport complex and a swimming pool.

Notable people from Þorlákshöfn

Bergþóra Árnadóttir Folk Singer
Birgitta Jónsdóttir Politician, Poet and Activist
Jón Guðni Fjóluson: Footballer currently playing for IFK Norrköping
Jónas Sigurðsson: (Jónas Sig) musician

References

↑ Political division
↑ Mainly statistical division

Cities and towns in Iceland

Álftanes Akranes Akureyri Blönduós Bolungarvík Borgarnes Dalvík Egilsstaðir Eskifjörður Eyrarbakki Fáskrúðsfjörður Garðabær Garður Grindavík Grundarfjörður Hafnarfjörður Hella Höfn Húsavík Hvammstangi Hveragerði Hvolsvöllur Ísafjörður Keflavík Kópavogur Mosfellsbær Neskaupstaður Njarðvík Ólafsfjörður Ólafsvík Patreksfjörður Reyðarfjörður Reykjavík Sandgerði Sauðárkrókur Selfoss Seltjarnarnes Seyðisfjörður Siglufjörður Skagaströnd Stokkseyri Stykkishólmur Þorlákshöfn Vestmannaeyjar Vík í Mýrdal Vogar Vopnafjörður

Coordinates: 63°51′N 21°22′W / 63.850°N 21.367°W / 63.850; -21.367

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