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Once a quiet farming area, Selfoss now serves as the largest town in South Iceland. The town’s dynamic history and community offer a glimpse into Icelandic development.
Southwestern Iceland experienced its strongest earthquake in years on 29 May 2008, shaking towns and farms, injuring residents and leaving its geological mark.
Once active in the Second World War, RAF Kaldadarnes near Selfoss now rests in ruin, reflecting Iceland’s unique role as a strategic North Atlantic outpost.
In June 2000, two significant earthquakes struck south Iceland, ending nearly nine decades of relative seismic calm and revealing the region's complex tectonic life.
Once a Progressive Party MP, Bjarni Harðarson turned a brief political career, and a notorious scandal, into a productive life as a novelist, folklorist and bookseller.
