Farm - How to get there

Lýtingsstaðir is situated in the North of Iceland in Skagafjörður.

You will find our farm close to the well known mountain Mælifellshnjúkur. Here we raise sheep and horses on 400 hectares grazing land.

Varmahlíð on the national road No. 1 is only 20 km away. Distance to Reykjavík is 300 km, Akureyri 100 km.

If you are travelling by car follow the signs in Varmahlið on road No. 752 (direction South, Sprengisandur).
You will find our farm on the left side of the road, 20 min drive from Varmahlíð. The last 5 km are unpaved but possible to drive with a normal car.

Guests taking part on our longer riding tours are picked up and dropped off in Varmahlíð at the bus station.

History of the farm

The farms history begins at the time when the first settlers came to Skagafjörður ca 900 a.Chr. Eiríkur Hróaldsson settled down in Vesturdalur (Hof) and rewarded his "slaves" afterwards with giving them land to build up their own farm. Lýtingur got ca. 1000 hectares. His place was named "the place of Lýtingur" = Lýtingsstaðir.

Lýtingsstaðir was the biggest farm in this area and gave the community its name: Lýtingsstaðahreppur. There was a church and later a so called half church from 1318 until the middle of the 18. Century. The exact place is not known anymore. A community house (Þinghús) was established on Lýtingsstaðir from 1750-1957. Unfortunately nothing of the old buildings are seen anymore but the history of the farm and its inhabitants is written down to give forward.

Parts of the Lýtingsstaðir land has been separated and sold during the centuries. About 400 hectares belong nowadays to the farm which Sveinns parents bought in 1939.

The farm nowadays

A farmhouse build in 1960, enlarged in 2005, two cozy farm cottages and a horse stable for about 15 horses (new stable is planned for the future) belong to the farm.
The sheep have an open stable to walk in and out whenever they like to.

We have six newly furnished guestrooms in the house with place for 14 guests. A cosy corner for reading and relaxing with view on Mælifellshnjúkur is on the upper floor. Three restrooms (two of them with showers) and a big dining room are equipped for the guests use.

Click here for a short sightseeing through the house!

Meadows and fields surround the farm house.

Riders!