Seyðisfjörður

65.263055555556 - 14.008888888889Koordinaten: 65 ° 16 ' N, 14 ° 1' W

Seydisfjörður [ sɛɪðɪsfjœrðʏr ] (Eng. "Fjord of the hearth " ) is a town in eastern Iceland in the region Austurland. It lies at the end of the fjord of the same name.

On 1 January 2009 Seydisfjörður had 717 inhabitants.

Economy

The city is the port of the Norröna, the only ferry that connects Iceland over the Faroe Islands and Denmark to the European mainland. It operates under the flag of the Faroe Islands. The pass road over the plateau Fjarðarheiði into the nearest town Egilsstaðir and Hringvegur (27 km).

In Seydisfjörður the first submarine telephone cable laid in 1906 ended after Iceland. The fjord was also in the Second World War, a naval base of the Allies and to start or end of some North Sea convoys. Seydisfjörður was the first fully electrified city in Iceland. Therefore, there is in it also a Museum of Electricity.

Population Development

As now most areas except the southwest of Iceland around the capital Reykjavík Seydisfjörður is affected by population decline. From 1997 to 2004, the population decline was 11%. After a slight increase (2004 to 2005: 2.4 %), the population declined in 2006 and 2007, surprisingly again. This was provoked solely by the migration of a large family to New Zealand.