Laugar

Laugar, a farmstead in the valley Sælingsdalur. Home of Ósvífur, father of Guðrún in Laxdæla saga. Now a school camp and a summer hotel.Folk museum. Geothermal heat and an old spring.

According to Laxdaela saga, Gudrun Osvifursdóttir used to dwell by a geothermal pool in Laugar in Saelingsdalur. The pool is believed to have been destroyed in a landslide. In 2009 a new pool was built near to the location where the old pool is thought to have been situated and named Gudrunarlaug.