The church at Hvalsnes

Hvalsneskirkja was consecrated in 1887. The church is preserved and is completely built of carved stone collected from the local plentiful area of rock. All of the wood in the interior was collected from the shores nearby. Extensive repairs were made to the church in 1945 under the supervision of the architect of the state. One of the most remarkable items of the church is the gravestone of Steinunn Hallgrímsdóttir who died when she was 4 years old in 1649. She was the daughter of Hallgrímur Pétursson Iceland's most important psalmist which at that time served as a priest at the parish in Hvalsnes. Hvalsneskirkja is located close to the Intenational airport in Iceland on the Reykjanes Peninsula. For more interesting places in Reykjanes visit our website https://www.visitreykjanes.is