Garðabær is a A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ...municipality in the Greater Reykjavík area of Iceland (disambiguation). ...Iceland. As of 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...2004, its population was 9,000.

History

Originally, when Iceland was settled in the ( 8th century _ 9th century _ 10th century _ other centuries) Events Beowulf might have been written down in this century, though it could also have been in the 8th century Reign of Charlemagne, and concurrent (and controversially labeled) Carolingian Renaissance in western Europe Viking attacks on Europe begin Oseberg ship burial The...9th century, there were two farms on the present_day area of Garðabær. Their names were Vífilsstaðir and Skúlastaðir. Vífilsstaðir was named after Vífill, a one_time servant of Ingólfur Arnarson, the first settler of Iceland.

External links

• Official site (Icelandic) (http://www.gardabaer.is/)
• Official site (English) (http://www.gardabaer.is/default.asp?cat_id=164)