Efranúpskirkja, Mynd: Eysteinn Guðni Guðnason
The church of Efri-Núpur is situated in Núpsdalur valley in Miðfjörður. The route was a common road in the old days for people traveling from the north, south to Borgarfjörður as one could travel through Arnarvatnsheiði from Núpsdalur.
In the cematary one can find the grave of the famous poet Vatnsenda-Rósa who died on Efri-Núpur on her way from work on the 28th of September 1855. Local women set up a memorial by her grave in 1965. The concrete church was built in 1960, but is no longer in official use although locals have committed to conserve the church, and an annual mass is held there during the Verslunarmannahelgi holiday.
Photograph by Eysteinn Guðni Guðnason, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported.
