Hjalteyri

Hjalteyri
Coordinates	65 ° 51 ′  N , 18 ° 12 ′  W Coordinates: 65 ° 51 ′  N , 18 ° 12 ′  W
Basic data
Country	Iceland
region	Norðurland eystra
local community	Hörgársveit
Residents	43
Hjalteyri on Eyjafjörður

Hjalteyri is a settlement in the northeast of Iceland .

It is located on the west bank of Eyjafjörður and is 23 km from Akureyri . You can reach the place from the ring road over the Ólafsfjarðarvegur and the Hjalteyrarvegur , which was rebuilt in 1985. Hjalteyri belongs to the Hörgársveit municipality and has 43 inhabitants.

Around 1880, Norwegians, Swedes, Germans and Scots started salting herring here. A fishing village was created with many herring and cod fishing boats. During the First World War the foreigners left Iceland and the Dane Thor Jensen took over the fish processing. He set up a herring factory in Hjalteyri, which was the largest in Europe at the time. One of the customers was the Nordsee Deutsche Hochseefischerei . In May 1954, a fire broke out in the factory, which caused great damage. The factory closed in 1966 and its buildings have been used for exhibitions since 2008.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hjalteyri-Akureyri. Retrieved April 25, 2020 (Icelandic). 
2. ↑ Stórtjón he mjölskemma síldarverksm. á Hjalteyri brann í gærmorgun. Retrieved May 7, 2020 (Icelandic).