 The good fishing grounds were also not far away so the farmers in Selvogur reaped from both the land and the sea.In addition to this there were mentions of farmers collecting timber from woods nearby and having the right to collect eggs and kill birds in the sea-cliffs at Krísuvíkurberg.Strandarkirkja served as the parish church of the community of Selvogur (Seal Cove in Icelandic).