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The
Maritime Museum of East Iceland is located in a commercial building, "Gamla búđ", which was built in 1816. The museum displays artefacts that illustrate the fishing and seafaring history of East Iceland. It also displays various reminders of local trade, industry and medicine from times past. The
307:) on 10 April 1974. It developed into a booming community after Örum & Wulff, a powerful Danish trading company, had opened a trading post in 1798. In 1802 Kjartan Þórlaksson, the first Icelandic merchant who was not a Dane, settled down in Eskifjörður and started a successful business.
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Eskifjörður had 302 inhabitants in 1901, 425 in 1910, 619 in 1920, 758 in 1930, 671 in 1940, 673 in 1950, 1741 in 1960, 936 in 1970 and 1 084 in 1981. It obtained the rights and privileges of an official trading place
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Eskifjörður has one of the most beautiful rare stone collections in
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industry. With a population of 1,043 it is one of the most populous towns in the municipality of
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is located along the main road in Eskifjördur, commemorating the mariners who drowned at sea.
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Eskifjordur Facebook Fan page for tourist information around Eskifjordur
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in 1998 to form the new municipality of Fjarðabyggð ("fjords-settlement").
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