Historical records

What is this data?

Geographical information database with information on, Livestock, population, ownership and landcover changes for Austur-Skaftafellssýsla from settlement. The data is in Lambert conformal conic and datum is ISN93. The data comes from various historical records.

Where is it available ?

The creation of this database is a part of Friðþór Sófus Sigurmundssons Ph.D. project: 1100 years of natural and cultural landscape dynamics south of Vatnajökull. Supervised by Guðrún Gísladóttir.

Main references:

  1. Annales Islandici posteriorum sæculorum I-VI. (1922-1987). Reykjavík.
  2. Benediktsson, J. (ed.) 1968. Íslendingabók. Landnámabók, Íslenzk fornrit 1. Hið íslenska fornritafélag, Reykjavík, Iceland.
  3. Diplomatarium Islandicum (DI). (1857–1952). Íslenskt fornbréfasafn. 16 vols. of Icelandic documents. S.L. Möller and Hið íslenska bókmenntafélag, Copenhagen,Denmark, and Reykjavík, Iceland.
  4. Kirkjueignir á Íslandi. (1992). Reykjavík: Kirkjueignarnefnd.
  5.  Kristjánsson, J. (ed.) (2002). Biskupasögur. Reykjavík: Hið íslenzka fornritafélag.
  6.  Magnúson, Á. and Vídalín, P. (1918-1921). Jarðabók II Árnessýsla. Kaupmannahöfn: Hið íslenska fræðafélag.

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