Borg a Myrum

Borg a Myrum is a farm and church property due west of Borgarnes township in Iceland. Its recorded records reaches returned to the agreement of Iceland. One of the country original settlers was Skallagrímur Kveldúlfsson, who claimed the location round Borg as his land, constructed a farm and made his home there.

His son Egill Skallagrimsson then persisted to live and farm at Borg a Myrum. Borg a Myrum has had a church ever for the reason that Iceland changed into Christianised around the yr a thousand, quickly after Egill's loss of life. The gift church at Borg became built in 1880, and is first-rate for its geographical alignment: it faces North-South, which is not conventional for Icelandic church buildings. It is also uncommon in that the church constructing does now not stand within the church backyard, however is separated from it by the farm buildings. The altarpiece, depicting Christ blessing the little kids, is specific in Iceland for being painted in Pre-Raphaelite style. The artist changed into W.G. Collingwood, who visited Iceland in 1897. Collingwood made an intensive journey across the usa in guidance for an illustrated book he published on "saga-steads", the places of the Icelandic Sagas.