Skuli Magnusson fogeti

Skúli Magnússon was the first Icelander to be Town Magistrate and for half a century he was one of the most powerful men in Iceland. He had Viðeyjarstofa (Viðey House) built as his official residence in the island of Videy; it was completed in 1755.
But Skúli did not only make his mark on Viðey. He also founded the first industrial enterprise in Iceland, the Innréttingar which I mention yesterday; woollen workshops, which led to the beginning of urban development in Reykjavík. Hence he is known as the Father of Reykjavík. Skúli died on Viðey island in 1794, and is buried beneath the altar of the church he had built there 20 years earlier.

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