Staff
Axel Örn Ásbergsson
Manager
Graduated with a BSc in riding and riding instruction from Hólar University in 2019. He started working for Dalur in the autumn of 2021 and is responsible for training and sales of horses.
He can also give riding lessons.
+354 857 1585
Elín Magnea Björnsdóttir
Trainer
Graduated with a BSc degree in riding and riding instruction from Hólar University in 2019 and started working at Dalur in the autumn of 2021. She takes care of training, sales of horses and social media and can also give riding lessons.
+354 846 7073
Hafliði Friðriksson
Farmer
Has worked for the Dalur farm since the year 2002. Hafliði has mainly oversees haying for outdoor horses, painting and general maintenance of outbuildings and fences. From the very beginning, emphasis has been placed on revegetating the moors so that those lands can grow and be better used for grazing. Hafliði, Halldór and Jón Jónsson have also lain several riding paths within the property, which has increased the variety of riding routes available.
Staff Throughout the Years
Halldór Guðjónsson and Helle Laks
Halldór has worked the longest in Dalur. He started working in 1998, then took a break for two years and moved to Sweden. Halldór and Helle Laks then returned to Dalur in 2013 and was the farm manager until 2023 and has, in addition to training, coaching and showing horses and many other responsibilities related to the operation of the farm and has taken an active part in the breeding work at Dalur over the years. He has shown a lot of horses in breeding show for Dalur in 1. prize, for example: Hrímu (highest judged 4 year old mare in 2005), Glúm, Konfúsíus, Orku, Fljóð, Hátíð, Grósku, Foldu, Atorku, Dunu, Teklu, Dýrð and mre.
Halldór graduated from Hólaskóli in 1995 and received the highest grade as a riding instructor in the spring of 2007.
Extensive construction has taken place in Dalur during Halldór and Helle's time, including the construction of an elegant riding hall with a connecting building, the reconstruction of the old stable in 2006 and the construction of a 24-horse stable and engine storage in 2008. In addition, Halldór has supervised the maintenance and restructuring of Dalur, as well as fences on the ground.
Helle Laks first came to Dalur as an intern from Hólaskóli and graduated as a trainer from Hólar in 2003. She has worked in training both in Dalur and elsewhere in this country. She has also worked in horticulture and helped with the arboriculture in Dalland over the years. She graduated as a master gardener in 2020 from the Agricultural University of Iceland. Helle has been in charge of trees and plants around Dalur and Dalland for the past years.
Jessica Westlund
Jessica worked in Dalur since 2012 until 2022, she originally arrived with her friend Sandra Jonsson and only intended to stay for 2 months, but extended her stay for quite a few years now. She is from Udevalla in Sweden and is a great trainer and competitor.
Adolf Snæbjörnsson
Adolf from Hafnarfjörður lives in Dalland and is training horses there. He has trained and competed on many horses from Dallandi through the years.
Atli Guðmundsson and Eva Mandal
Atli Guðmundsson from Hafnarfjörður and Eva Mandal from Sweden worked for a long time in Dalur and even ran a training center there for a while on their own.
In total, they worked for about 9 years at Dalur. Atli tamed and showed many horses from Dalland during these years. The best known of these horses is Ormur from Dalland, where Atli won the A-class at National Championship in 2000. In 2006 they won in the catagory "gæðingafimi". Atli showed many mares from Dalland who went on to win first prize, for example the honorary prize mare Dúkkulísa and the first prize mares Dagrún and Stórstjarna.
During Atli's years at Dalur, he also competed on horses from elsewhere, which Dalland owned, at the World Championships on Hróður from Hofsstaðir, and Reynir from Hólar.
Atli also came up with suggestions and influenced which stallions were use on the mares.
List of Staff Through the Years
Adolf Snæbjörnsson
Anna Þórdís Rafnsdóttir
Atli Guðmundsson
Ásdís H. Árnadóttir
Baldvin Ari Guðlaugsson
Berglind Sigurþórsdóttir
Charlotta Gripenstam
Daníel Ingi Smárason
Erlendur Árnason
Eva Mandal
Eyjólfur Ísólfsson
Eyjólfur Þorsteinsson
Eyrún Anna Sigurðardóttir
Fanny Hallberg
Fredrik Sandberg
Frida Dalhén
Gloria Kuckel
Grímur Grímsson
Guðbjörg Sveinsdóttir
Guðmar Þór Pétursson
Guðmundur Guðmundsson
Gunnar Ágústsson
Hafliði Friðriksson
Halldór Guðjónsson
Hanní Heiler
Helgi Kjartansson
Helle Laks
Hinrik Bragason
Hinrik Sigurðsson
Hjörtur Ingi Magnússon
Hreggviður Eyvindsson
Héðinn Jónsson
Ia Lindholm
Ida Eklund
Ingimar Ingimarsson
Ingimar Jónsson
Jelena Ohm
Jessica Westlund
Jóhann G. Jóhannsson
Jóhann P. Ágústsson
Jóhann Skúlason
Julia Kirchoff
Julia Mayer
Karoline Wenzel
Katrín Harðardóttir
Kári Steinsson
Krista Erholtz
Kristján Birgisson
Kristján Ljótsson
Laura Benzon
Lilja Loftsdóttir
Linnéa Brofeldt
Liz Greaves
Lorena Portmann
Mareyke Fluth Strothmann
Meike Egge
Niels Joel Aström
Páll Sæmundsson
Ólafur Þórðarson
Ragnar Hinriksson
Rakel Anna
Reynir Örn Pálmason
Rúna Einarsdóttir
Sandra Jonsson
Sara Arnbro
Senita Pukki
Sif Jónsdóttir
Sigurður Jónsson
Sigurður Marinusson
Sigurður R. Pálsson
Sigurður Valdimarsson
Sjöfn Sæmundsdóttir
Sophie Viola
Sóley Þórsdóttir
Sussie Lund Lindberg
Sveinn Hauksson (Denni)
Sveinn Reynisson
Sölvi Sigurðarson
Thelma Benediktsdóttir
Trausti Þór Guðmundsson
Vera Roth
Vignir Jónasson