Vogar
title: "Vogar" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-southern-peninsula-(iceland)", "southern-peninsula-(iceland)"] topic_path: "general/populated-places-in-southern-peninsula-iceland" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vogar" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| official_name | Vogar |
| native_name | Vogar |
| settlement_type | Town |
| image_skyline | Vogar 2023 (181204).jpg |
| imagesize | 250px |
| image_caption | Vogar |
| image_map | Vatnsleysustrandarhreppur map.png |
| map_caption | Location of the Municipality of Vogar |
| pushpin_map | Iceland |
| pushpin_label_position | right |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in Iceland |
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| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Iceland |
| subdivision_type1 | Constituency |
| subdivision_type2 | Region |
| subdivision_type3 | Municipality |
| subdivision_name1 | South Constituency |
| subdivision_name2 | Southern Peninsula |
| subdivision_name3 | Vogar |
| leader_title | President of the town council |
| leader_name | Björn G. Sæbjörnsson |
| unit_pref | Imperial |
| elevation_footnotes | |
| population_total | 1,331 |
| population_as_of | 2021 |
| population_blank1_title | Ethnicities |
| population_blank2_title | Religions |
| timezone | GMT |
| utc_offset | +0 |
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::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Selatangar_06.jpg" caption="Selatangar"] ::
Vogar () is a small town in the southwest of Iceland. It is the seat of the municipality of Vogar (Sveitarfélagið Vogar). There is a highly automated atmospheric gas extraction plant in the town, with the oxygen produced being the only local source for Iceland's healthcare use. The town also has a fish roe incubation centre for Atlantic salmon.
Overview
The population of the municipality of Vogar was almost 1400 as of 2023. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/Vogar_iceland_hiticeland_reykjanes.jpg" caption="Vogar Reykjanes"] ::
References
References
- Formerly named [[Reykjanes]]
- "Town council". Sveitarfélagið Vogar.
- "About the Municipality of Voga". Sveitarfélagið Vogar.
- (18 April 2018). "New Gas Plant Does Not Pollute, CEO Says". Iceland Review.
- "Recurrent activity to be expected". Iceland Monitor.
- ""A big step for the company"". Iceland Monitor.
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