Þorlákshöfn

Þorlákshöfn
Town
Lutheran Church
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]	Suðurkjördæmi
Region[2]	Suðurland
County	Árnessýsla
Municipality	Ölfus
Population (2011)
• Total	1,533
Time zone	GMT (UTC+0)

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

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

In 2008, a children's sport festival was held in town with over 2000 people in attendance.

Notable people from Þorlákshöfn

• Benedikt Magnússon. Strongman and powerlifter,
• Jón Guðni Fjóluson. Footballer,
• Jónas Ingimundarson. Pianist,
• Jónas Sigurðsson. (Jónas Sig) musician
• Gísli G. Jónsson. Off-road driver.
• Júlí Heiðar Halldórsson. (Júlí Heiðar) musician.

References

v t e Cities and towns1 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 1Icelandic settlements with city or town status. Not to be confused with the municipalities.

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