Tálknafjörður

Tálknafjörður Tálknafjarðarhreppur
Village and Municipality
Nickname(s):  Tálknó, Fjörðurinn, heimalandið
Location of the Municipality of Tálknafjörður
Tálknafjörður
Coordinates: 65°39′N 23°58′W
Country	Iceland
Constituency	Northwest Constituency
Region	Westfjords
Municipality	Tálknafjörður
Government
• Mayor (Sveitarstjóri)	Ólafur Þór Ólafsson
Population  (January 2024)
• Village and Municipality	261
• Urban	5
• Metro	256
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
Póstnúmer	460
Website	Official website

Tálknafjörður (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈtʰaul̥knaˌfjœrðʏr̥] ) is a fjord located in southern Westfjords between Patreksfjörður and Bildudalur in Iceland.

The term is also used for the immediate village and municipality. In January 2024, the municipality had 261 inhabitants, of whom 256 lived within the town proper.

On the land side the municipality is surrounded by the municipality of Vesturbyggð. There is considerable cooperation between the two municipalities. In October 2023 inhabitants voted for the merger of the municipalities and that will happen in May 2024. The town of Tálknafjörður was formerly named Sveinseyri [ˈsveinsˌeiːrɪ] or Tunga [ˈtʰuŋka, ˈtʰʏŋka]. By road, the distance to Ísafjörður, the largest city in the West Fjords, is 137 km, and 403 km to Reykjavík. This distance can be significantly shortened by the ferry from Brjánslækur [ˈprjaunsˌlaiːkʏr̥] to Stykkishólmur.