Photogallery Magnus Iceland Mysteries

Here are photographs of some of the locations that appear in the Magnus novels. They were taken on my research trips to Iceland.

A two-story house in Thingholt in Reykjavik with gray metal siding and white trim. The house features a gable roof, and there is a small porch at the entrance with a red door.

Magnus’s house in Njálsgata, Reykjavík

Street view of Reykjavik with cars parked along the sides, buildings on both sides, and a tall church, Hallgrimskirkja with a spire in the background.

Books: Shadows to Sea of Stone

Hallgrímskirkja, central Reykjavík

Modern multi-story building with white exterior, black window frames, and a sign that reads 'LÖGREGLAN POLICE'. Police Headquarters in Reykjavik. Overcast sky, some construction signs and barriers near the entrance.

Books: all of them

Police Headquarters, Hverfísgata

Gullfoss Waterfall in Iceland with multi-tiered waterfalls flowing into a canyon, surrounded by rocky terrain and cloudy sky.

Books: all of them

Gullfoss

Book: Where The Shadows Lie

A rural landscape with a church featuring a red steeple and cross, a white house with a red roof, surrounded by green grass and trees, with hills in the background under an overcast sky. The church at Hruni in Iceland.

The church at Hruni

A stone building with arched windows and a clock on the upper front, topped with a pitched roof and small windows, surrounded by a paved street and green grass. The Parliament buidling in Reykjavik.

Book: Where The Shadows Lie

The Althing (Parliament)

Rocks with moss and lichen, surrounded by red and green plants, under a cloudy sky. The Beserkjahraun lava field in Snaefellsnes, Iceland.

Book: 66 Degrees North

The Berserkers’ Lava Field

Book: 66 N and Sea of Stone

A small church with white trim and a cross on top standing in a grassy landscape near a body of water, with a group of people walking around on a cloudy day. Bjarnarhofn on Snaefelsnes in Iceland.

The chapel at Bjarnarhöfn

A small wooden church with a tall steeple standing in a grassy field at sunset, with mountains in the background and snow on the peaks. The black church in Budir in Snaefellsnes Iceland.

Book: Sea of Stone

The church at Búdir with Snaefellsjökull

Scenic view of a green grassy landscape with a small black house, a lake with floating ice, and mountains in the background. Greenland.

Book: 66 N and Sea of Stone

Site of Erik the Red’s farm in Greenland

Scenic landscape with green fields, winding rivers, a body of water, snow-capped mountains, and a cloudy sky. Valley near Dalvik in Iceland.

Book: The Wanderer

Dalvik from above Dísa’s farm

A natural hot spring pool surrounded by large rocks and grass, overlooking a lake with distant mountains in the background under cloudy skies. Hot tub by Hvalfjordur In Iceland.

Book: Death in Dalvik

Whale fjord from the site of the naval base at Hvammsvík

Book: Whale Fjord

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