Sundlaugin

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|foundation= 2008

|area_served=Mosfellsbær, Iceland

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|industry = Music

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Sundlaugin ({{IPA|is|ˈsʏntˌlœyjɪn}}, the swimming pool) is a recording studio located near Álafoss in the town of Mosfellsbær in Iceland known for being the recording and rehearsal location of post-rock band Sigur Rós. The location was originally a swimming pool built in the 1930s which had been abandoned when Sigur Rós purchased it in 1999 and converted it and adjacent buildings into a studio.{{Cite web|date=2020-05-16|title=Kjartan kaupir Sundlaugina|url=https://www.ruv.is/frett/2020/05/16/kjartan-kaupir-sundlaugina|access-date=2020-07-15|website=RÚV|language=en}}{{cite web|title=About the studio|url=http://www.sundlaugin.com/about.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080126180111/http://sundlaugin.com/about.htm|archive-date=2008-01-26|access-date=2007-12-30|work=sundlaugin.com}}

The band originally intended to record their third album, titled ( ), in an abandoned NATO tracking base in the northernmost mountain in Iceland, but after inspection decided it was too impractical. Shortly after they found the abandoned pool lot in a rural neighborhood in Mosfellsbær. They bought the lot and transformed it into a studio. In order to fit the massive mixing console into the building, part of the roof was opened up and the console was lowered with a crane.{{cite web |url=http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/band/trivia.php |title=sigur rós - trivia |access-date=2009-04-12 |work=sigur-ros.co.uk}}

Much of the band's photography and artwork is taken from the surrounding landscape, such as the art found on the first album recorded in the studio, ( ).{{cite web |url=http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/band/disco/parenth.php |title=sigur rós - discography » ( ) |access-date=2009-02-07 |work=sigur-ros.co.uk}}

The recording studio has also been used for recording, mixing and mastering (usually assisted by the studio's sound engineer Birgir Jón "Biggi" Birgisson) by a wide group of mainly Icelandic artists and bands, including:{{cite web |url=http://www.sundlaugin.com/Sundlaugin/misc/Pages/Clients.html#grid |title=clients |access-date=2009-10-10 |work=sundlaugin.com}}{{cite web |url=https://milocostudios.com/studios/sundlaugin/clients/ |title=Sundlaugin Studio Clients |access-date=2017-06-10 |work=Sundlaugin - "The Backbone of Icelandic Music Production"}}

• Agent Fresco
• The Album Leaf
• Alcest
• amiina{{cite web|title=Biggi - Engineer at Sundlaugin Studio talks about recording and mixing Sigur Rós and more|url=http://www.izotope.com/artists/biggi.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081228032844/http://www.izotope.com/artists/biggi.asp|archive-date=2008-12-28|access-date=2017-06-10|work=sundlaugin.com}}
• Amusement Parks on Fire{{cite web |url=http://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/7721 |title=Amusement Parks On Fire - 'magical and intense' - Galway Advertiser - January 29, 2009. |access-date=2009-02-07 |work=advertiser.ie}}
• Björk{{Cite news |last=Tingen |first=Paul |author-link=Paul Tingen |date=April 2015 |title=Inside Track: Björk’s Vulnicura |url=https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/inside-track-bjorks-vulnicura |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160628052237/https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/inside-track-bjorks-vulnicura |archive-date=28 June 2016 |access-date=12 May 2024 |work=Sound on Sound}}
• Bubbi Morthens
• Emmanuel De La Paix{{cite web |url= https://15questions.net/interview/fifteen-questions-interview-birgir-jon-birgisson-sigur-ros-bjork/page-1/ |title= Fifteen Questions Interview with Birgir Jón Birgisson (Sigur Rós)- October 29, 2020.}}{{cite web |url= https://inverted-audio.com/feature/emmanuel-de-la-paix-terre-brulee/ |title= Emmanuel De La Paix discusses the makings of ‘Terre Brûlèe’- November, 2021.}}
• Flying Hórses
• For a Minor Reflection
• Jakobínarína
• Julianna Barwick{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/18408-julianna-barwick-nepenthe/ |title = Julianna Barwick: Nepenthe Album Review {{!}} Pitchfork|website = Pitchfork}}
• Langi Seli og Skuggarnir{{cite web |url=http://www.sundlaugin.com:80/Sundlaugin/equipment/Pages/mics_files/brochure.pdf |title=sundlaugin studio |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120413022954/http://www.sundlaugin.com/Sundlaugin/equipment/Pages/mics_files/brochure.pdf |work=sundlaugin.com |archive-date=2012-04-13 |access-date=2007-06-10 |url-status=dead }}
• Mammút
• Mugison
• Múm{{cite AV media notes |others=Múm |date=2004 |title=Summer Make Good |type=liner notes |publisher=Fat Cat}}
• Ólöf Arnalds{{cite AV media notes |others=Ólöf Arnalds |date=2007 |title=Við Og Við |type=liner notes |publisher=12 Tónar}}
• Retro Stefson
• Seabear
• Self Defense Family
• Sin Fang
• Ske
• Slowblow{{cite AV media notes |others=Slowblow |date=2004 |title=Nói Albínói |type=liner notes |publisher=12 Tónar}}
• Steindór Andersen
• Stórsveit Nix Noltes

As of 2020, Sundlaugin is owned by Sigur Rós keyboardist Kjartan Sveinsson.