Hvalsnes

Hvalsnes, („Whale point“) a church, formerly also a farm. The present church building built of hewn stone in 1887. Hallgrímur Pétursson (1614–74), the author of the Passion Hymns, served there before moving to Saurbær in Hvalfjörður. The church Hallgrímskirkja in Reykjavík is named after him.