Bakkagerði

Bakkagerði, (pop. 100) a village in Borgarfjörður, and a trading post since 1894. Now fishing, fish processing, trade and farming. A church with a fine altar piece painted by Jóhannes S. Kjarval (1885–1972), who grew up in Borgar­fjörður. It shows Christ giving the Sermon on the Mount, standing on Álfa­borg with the Dyrfjöll moun­tains behind him.