Complete the sentence about Hella, Iceland with the correct year: The village of Hella celebrated its founder by placing a memorial by the Rangá River in ______, marking 50 years since its founding.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. 1977
Hella is a small town in southern Iceland on the Ytri-Rangá river, about 94 kilometres east of Reykjavík. It was founded in 1927 by Thorsteinn Björnsson, who built a general store and slaughterhouse near the old bridge. The town honoured him with a memorial by the river in 1977, exactly fifty years after its start, whereas 1947 would only be twenty years.
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