06/07/2026
Dear citizens of Strandabyggð,
Strandabandalagið greets you and we hope you are enjoying summer. We have been quiet since the municipality elections in May, but now is the time to inform you about the situation and our main focus points as a minority party in the municipality board of Strandabyggð. It is clear that our role must be, as before, to work on the overall interests of the citizens of Strandabyggð. In that work we build on the good foundations we laid as the majority party in the last term, which the current majority seems to be supporting. Strandabyggð has never had as many large infrastructure- and development projects on the table as now, and every responsible municipality board would want to continue such projects. Brandskjól the new housing area, a new hotel building and structure agreement with Hotel Strandir ehf, summerhouse area in Skeljavík, renovating and reconstruction of waist- and water system, to mention but a few examples. We feel nothing else but that the municipality board is consistent in continuing the structure laid down by the Strandabandalagið in the last term.
During the last few weeks, the municipality board has been working on finding representatives for all the committees and boards, that we have in our community structure, that will operate for the next four years. That work has gone well. A new municipal government has also processed several issues that have been on the agenda, including a report by Deloitte on the cost of the municipality in the publication of the book Byggðasaga Stranda, which is a comprehensive summary of the development of Strandabyggð. There still seems to be a lot unclear, although the direct cost of the municipality has been clarified. The overall cost however before and after the municipality took over the project, runs in tens of millions and it is clear that many things could be explained better to our citizens.
Recently, a group of Swedish kids and their supervisors visited us and this project is a part of ERASMUS student exchange project that Strandabyggð now participates in for the second time in a short time. And later this month our kids are going to visit Sweden. It has been fun to receive these kids, show them our specialities and what we think is most important around Holmavik. However, people have different view on what is interesting to see, and therefore it is good to get a visitor view to point out to us all the valuables we have, in the environment, nature and ourselves. That is where our wealth and value lies. Management of this student exchange on our behalf has Sjöfn Sæmundsdóttir, recreation officer of Strandabyggð, and dose a very good job.
Best regards, on behalf of Strandabandalagið, Þorgeir Pálsson