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Akureyri is a town in northern Iceland. It is Iceland's fourth largest municipality. Nicknamed the Capital of North Iceland, Akureyri is an crucial port and fishing centre. The place where Akureyri is positioned changed into settled within the ninth century but did no longer receive a municipal constitution until 1786. The metropolis become the web page of Allied units for the duration of World War II. Further growth took place after the conflict as the Icelandic population more and more moved to city regions. The place has a incredibly mild weather due to geographical factors, and the metropolis's ice-free harbour has performed a large function in its history.

The Norse Viking Helgi magri Eyvindarson at first settled the vicinity in the 9th century. The first mention of Akureyri is in courtroom records from 1562 while a woman changed into sentenced there for adultery. In the seventeenth century, Danish merchants primarily based their camps at the cutting-edge web site of Akureyri, which was one of the numerous spits of land in Pollurinn. The major reasons for choosing this spot for buying and selling operations had been the amazing natural harbour and the fertility of the region. The traders did no longer live at Akureyri year-round however lower back domestic in the wintry weather.

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