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The history of Christianity in Iceland can be traced back to the Early Middle Ages when Irish hermits settled in Iceland, at least a century before the arrival of the first Norse settlers in the 870s. Christianity started to spread among the Icelanders at the end of the 10th century.
Iceland was Christianized in the year 1000 AD, when Christianity became the religion by law. In Icelandic , this event is known as the kristnitaka (literally, "the taking of Christianity"). The vast majority of the initial settlers of Iceland during the settlement of Iceland in the 9th and 10th centuries AD were pagan , worshipping the Æsir ...
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Pages in category "History of Christianity in Iceland" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Norsemen who settled in Iceland from the end of the ninth century worshipped the Æsir (the Norse gods). The country converted about 999. The country converted about 999. In 1056, the country was given a bishop of its own, suffragan to the Archbishop of Hamburg , with his see at Skálholt , while in 1106 a bishopric was established at Hólar .
Memorial at the place of execution of Catholic bishop Jón Arason, in Skálholt in southern Iceland. The Icelandic Reformation took place in the middle of the 16th century. Iceland was at this time a territory ruled by Denmark-Norway, and Lutheran religious reform was imposed on the Icelanders by King Christian III of Denmark.
Icelandic language translation of the Book of Mormon. While many members of the church immigrated to Utah, between 1873 and 1914, 22 native Icelandic saints living in Utah were called on missions to Iceland. Missionaries sent in 1873 began preaching again in the Westman Islands, but faced strong opposition.
In 2000, the Icelandic people celebrated the millennium of Christianity in Iceland. [6] In a 2004 Gallup poll of Icelanders, 51% of respondents described themselves as "religious". [7] Ordination of women and blessing of same-sex marriages are allowed [8] while allowing individual priests to not go against their conscience is discussed.