Dalasýsla

The Dalasysla is a district in the west of Iceland.

The district is located around the bay and on the Hvammsfjörður Klofningsnes Peninsula. Its area covers 2078 km ² and consists only of the municipality Dalabyggð that has formed from initially up to 10 individual municipalities. The Dalasysla is located in the constituency Norðvesturkjördæmi.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Snorri Sturluson (1179-1241), writer and politician
• Árni Magnússon (1663-1730), linguist and manuscript collectors
• Ásmundur Sveinsson (1893-1982), sculptor

Árnessýsla | Austur - Bardastrandarsysla | Austur - Húnavatnssýsla | Austur - Skaftafellssýsla | Borgarfjardarsysla | Dalasysla | Eyjafjardarsysla | Gullbringusýsla | Kjosarsysla | Mýrasýsla | Norður - Isafjardarsysla | Norður - Múlasýsla | Norður - Þingeyjarsýsla | Rangárvallasýsla | Skagafjardarsysla | Snæfells -og Hnappadalssysla | Strandasysla | Suður - Múlasýsla | Suður - Þingeyjarsýsla | Vestur - Bardastrandarsysla | Vestur - Húnavatnssýsla | Vestur - Isafjardarsysla | Vestur - Skaftafellssýsla

• Sýsla ( Iceland )