Mosfellsbær

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Mosfellsbær

Total population

13,417

Elevation0 m

Land area186 km²

WeatherAvg high 43.9°F

Coordinates64.17°, -21.70°

Demographic figures from Statistics Iceland. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Mosfellsbær is a town in south-west Iceland, 12 kilometres east of the country's capital, Reykjavík. The coat of arms of the municipality is a tightly-knotted triquetra, a symbol often used in Celtic knotwork and strongly associated with the Celtic nations. The coat of arms might denote the Gaelic heritage of Mosfellsbær as Icelanders are also descended from Gaelic-speaking settlers who voyaged or were brought by the Norsemen in Iceland during the country's settlement in the Viking Age.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Mosfellsbær

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Common Carder Bumble Bee

Bombus pascuorum

Seen 2026-08-09

common yarrow

Achillea millefolium

Seen 2026-08-09

Domestic Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos domesticus

Seen 2026-08-08

European Starling

Sturnus vulgaris

Seen 2026-08-08

Red Currant

Ribes rubrum

Seen 2026-08-08

Meadow Pipit

Anthus pratensis

Seen 2026-08-08

Northern Wheatear

Oenanthe oenanthe

Seen 2026-08-08

Whooper Swan

Cygnus cygnus

Seen 2026-08-08

Greylag Goose

Anser anser

Seen 2026-08-08

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).