Claim: Urbanization in Egilsstaðir (a place for legislative assembly) can be traced to Jón Bergsson, a farmer, who laid the groundwork for increased commerce and services at the Egilsstaðir (a town in a Nordic island country) farm by erecting a large residential building there at the start of the 20th century.
Evidence: Urbanization in Egilsstaðir can be traced to Jón Bergsson (1855–1923), a farmer, who laid the groundwork for increased commerce and services at the Egilsstaðir farm by erecting a large residential building there at the start of the 20th century. In written accounts, Egilsstaðir is first mentioned in the 15th century as a place for legislative assembly. Egilsstaðir is a town in east Iceland on the banks of the Lagarfljót river. Iceland (Icelandic: Ísland; [ˈistlant (listen)) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, with a population of 356,991 and an area of 103,000 km (40,000 sq mi), making it the most sparsely populated country in Europe.