The Birdhouses on Beauty Hill

Welcome to Stykkishólmur

Due to the number of intrested visitors, I decided to put together some information about our birdhouses, which have attracted a lot of attention since they were installed here at Fagurhóll in April 2023. The houses are one of our many winter projects, which have their source in our inexhaustible need to create and allowing our ideas to see the light of day.

We hope you enjoy your stay in Stykkishólmur.

Regards

Kristbjörg Hermanns.

Info Stykkishólmur

The creative couple

The birdhouses are the handiwork and design of Baddi Lofts and Kristbjörg Hermannsdóttir, who live in Fagurhóll.

Baddi is a Hólmari, although born and raised in Grindavík. He is a structural engineer and the owner of the consulting and design company W7. Baddi also works as a project manager for Skipavík in Stykkishólmur. Skipavík is a construction contractor company among other things.

Kristbjörg is a textile teacher and a designer, born and raised in Stykkishólmur. Kristbjörg works at the office in Skipavík.

The names

Beauty Hill

Our house, Fagurhóll, was originally built in 1907 and went by the name Sigvaldahús until 1939. The house has changed a lot in the last few decades and the last addition to the house, the tower, was built in 2007. Baddi and I moved to Fagurhóll in 2014 with our children Hermann Michael and Íris Ísafold.

Hill

In honor of my grandparents at Hóll, Kristbjörg Hermannsdóttir and Guðmundur Ólafur Bæringsson. Grandma and grandpa bought the house Hóll in 1954 and lived there for the rest of their lives. The house was built in 1919 and is located at Höfðagata 17.

Ninni´s place

In honor of my uncle Ninni, Níels Breiðfjörð Bæringsson. Uncle Ninni was an exceptionally kind person and a great admirer of nature.

Ninni wrote many poems including this one:

Bird´s poem

Þér ég fugl minn fagna vel

fyrst þú ert nú kominn

til að iðka aftur hér

afar léttu sporin.

Níels Breiðfjörð Bæringsson

In a direct translation:

I welcome you my bird

because you have now arrived

to practice again here

very light footprints.

My thoughts:

The bird can be a bird but I think it is a person, someone he cared about.

The Edge

The Edge/Jaðar, now located in Laufásvegur 6, was built in 1904. At that time it was located in Aðalgata 19. In 2007, the house was moved to Laufásvegur and renovated. In 1945, grandma and grandpa bought Jaðar and lived there with 5 children until 1954. Today, Jaðar is owned by good friends.

Temple field

Located at Skúlagata 24 and is owned by good friends. The house was built in 1935 and first went by the name Sigurðarhús or " The house of Sigurður". Sigurður was the first owner of the house.

Norwegian

The Norwegian House in Stykkishólmur was built in 1832 and is the first two-storey apartment house in Iceland.

The Norwegian House is now the regional museum of Snæfellsnes, as well as an exhibition room and a gift shop.

The Norwegian House

Pasture

Hagi/Pasture is a common farm name but hagi is also means a grassy area where livestock graze.

Nearby

In honor of the Icelandic weather.

Who wants to live in Grennd (en. nearby), where rain is usually predicted?

Weather forecast

Single place

In honor of the Icelandic weather.

"A little rain in single place" a common description from Icelandic weather forecasts.

The sin hut

There must be a place for bad people as well, because in every flock there is at least one black sheep. But since no one is perfect, this will probably be the place most people will drop by.

Flower´s farm

Just because flowers are beautiful.

Bjagga´s farm

Bjagga (Bjöggu) is a nickname, or abbreviation, for Kristbjörg. One person or two used this nickname for my grandmother but she made sure that it never stuck to me.

#BeautyHillhouses

KHER - Kristbjörg Hermannsdóttir

KHER handcraft is sold at Æðarsetur Íslands Click the photo for more information.

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