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The troubadour needed the countryside back in his life

From Morgunblaðið · () Icelandic

Translated from Icelandic and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Hlynur Snær Theódórsson and Guðlaug Björk Guðlaugsdóttir received an environmental award for the best-kept business in Rangárþing eystra.
  • The couple run a guesthouse in Fljótshlíð after spending 25 years as farmers in Austur-Landeyjar.
  • They left farming in 2022 and moved to Hvolsvöllur before taking over the guesthouse the following year.

“We needed the countryside back in our lives, so we went to Fljótshlíð,” says Hlynur Snær Theódórsson of Rangárþing.

At the annual Kjötsúpuhátíð celebration in Rangárþing eystra, the municipality presented several awards to local residents and businesses. One of the honors, for the best-kept business, went to the guesthouse at Fögruhlíð in Fljótshlíð.

Hlynur Snær and Guðlaug Björk Guðlaugsdóttir own and operate the guesthouse. They took over last year after spending 25 years, from 1997 to 2022, as farmers at Voðmúlastaðir in Austur-Landeyjar. They then chose a different path and moved to Hvolsvöllur.

We needed the countryside back in our lives, so we went to Fljótshlíð.

· Hlynur Snær TheódórssonHe explained why he and Guðlaug Björk returned to rural life in Fljótshlíð.
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Originally published by Morgunblaðið in Icelandic. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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