Melstaður
Melstaður is a church and vicarage of the Church of Iceland within the Húnavatns parish (Húnavatnsprestakall) in Miðfjörður, Iceland.
The church belongs to the Húnavatn and Skagafjörður diocese.[1] Melstaður was formerly, as of 2018, itself a parish.[1][clarification needed] In 2019, the merger of Melstaðarprestakall and other parishes into Húnavatnsprestakall was proposed.[2] At some later date the merger was completed.
Arngrímur Jónsson was rector there in the late 16th and early 17th century.[3][4]
Ólaf Pálsson left a cathedral benefice in Reykjavík in 1871 to take up the position as priest at Melstaður. He died in Melstaður in 1876.[5]
When the church installed a harmonium in 1872 during the rectorate of Ólaf Pálsson, it was the first such instrument in a rural church in Húnavatnssýsla. His son Theódór was the first organist.[5]
References
- ^ a b "Biskup vísiteraði Melstaðarprestakall". Húnahorniö (in Icelandic). 24 August 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
- ^ "Lagt til sameiningu prestakalla". Húnahorniö (in Icelandic). 16 December 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
- ^ Petersen, Carl Sophus (1929). Illustreret dansk litteraturhistorie: bd. Den danske littterature fra folkevandringstiden indtil Holberg, af C.S. Petersen under medvirkning af R. Paulli (in Danish). Gyldendai. p. 419. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
- ^ Steindór, Steindórsson frá Hlöðum (2013). Iceland road guide. p. 63. ISBN 978-9979-9992-6-3. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
- ^ a b Konráðsson, Þorsteinn (January 1913). "Hljóðfæri og söngur í kirkjum". Hljómlistin (in Icelandic): 28–29. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
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