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Siglufjörður is a small fishing town in a narrow fjord with the same name on the Northern coast of Iceland.
Population in 2003 was 1,438 but the town has been shrinking in size since the 1950's when the town reached its peak with 3000 inhabitants. The town grew up around the herring industry that was in much bloom in the 1940's and 1950's.
Today the town remains dependent on fishing industries although the herring is gone. The government of Iceland is attempting to reverse the population shrinking in the area by improving land transportation. Two road tunnels will be dug in the next decade to connect Siglufjörður to the neighbouring town of Ólafsfjörður in the region of Eyjafjörður to the east. These tunnels will be called Héðinsfjörður Tunnel and their total length will be 11 km. Siglufjörður is already connected by the 800 m Strákar Tunnel to the west, currently it the town's only road connection and often gets closed during winter because of snow or avalanche danger.
