This small seaside zoo opened with just Common Seals in 1968 and closed in 1987 with a collection of mostly Icelandic and Nordic animals but also exotic fauna such as Lions and Chimpanzees. It was in Hafnarfjordur, a town in the metropolitan Reykjavik area, one of only two zoos to have been founded in Iceland. Reykjavik Farm Zoo is the other. Many of the facilities were inadequate at best and horrible at worst. Between 1976 and 1990 they caught Killer Whales for zoos and sea life parks around the world. I have several guides and can answer questions if you PM or comment on these photos my dad took.
Behind the lambs you see part of the zoo area, some aviaries and the rockwork was a duck pond. To the left you can see the Lion and Chimpanzee house. The zoo was rather away from the town when it opened but the town moved in as they years passed by. The area is now a golf course and already there was a golf course next door in those days.
