Mosfellsbær

Mosfellsbær
Municipality
Mosfellsbær
Coat of arms
Location of Mosfellsbær
Country	Iceland
Region	Capital Region
Constituency	Southwest Constituency
Government
• Mayor	Regína Ásvaldsdóttir
Area
• Total	185 km2 (71 sq mi)
Population  (1 January 2024)
• Total	13,403
• Density	72.45/km2 (187.6/sq mi)
Postal code(s)	270, 271, 276
Municipal number	1604
Website	mos.is

Mosfellsbær (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈmɔːsˌfɛlsˌpaiːr̥] , colloquially Mosó) is a town in south-west Iceland, 12 kilometres (7 miles) east of the country's capital, Reykjavík. The coat of arms of the municipality is a tightly-knotted triquetra, a symbol often used in Celtic knotwork and strongly associated with the Celtic nations (which featured prominently in Celtic spirituality as well as Ancient Celtic religion in the past and, to some extent, to this day). The coat of arms might denote the Gaelic heritage of Mosfellsbær as Icelanders are also descended from Gaelic-speaking settlers who voyaged or were brought by the Norsemen in Iceland during the country's settlement in the Viking Age.

Notable People

• Ólafía Jóhannsdóttir (1863-1924), educator, activist, writer
• Ólafur Arnalds (Born 1986), musician

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Iceland

Mosfellsbær is twinned with:

• Loimaa, Finland
• Skien, Norway
• Thisted, Denmark
• Uddevalla, Sweden

External links

• Official website (in Icelandic)