page_title: Hólar
section_title: Location
hierarchical_section_title: Hólar / Location
context_page_description: Hólar is a small community in the Skagafjörður district of northern Iceland.
context_section_description: Hólar is in the Hjaltadalur valley, some 379 km (235.50 mi) from the national capital of Reykjavík. It has a population of around 100. It is the site of the main campus of Hólar University College, a site of historical buildings and archeological excavation, home to the Center for the history of the Icelandic horse, Hólar Cathedral, and the turf house Nýibær.
  The first printing press in Iceland was introduced to Hólar in 1530. Hólar Agricultural College was founded 1882, and was renamed Holar University College in 2003.
caption: Monument of bishop Guðmundur Arason
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