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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 ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 January 2025. Religious affiliation in Iceland (2023) Church of Iceland (Lutheran) (58.61%) Free Lutheran Church in Reykjavík (2.57%) Free Lutheran Church in Hafnarfjörður (1.94%) Independent Lutheran Congregation (0.82%) Catholic Church (3.83%) Other Christian denominations (1.78%) Heathenism (1.5% ...
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. ...
History of Christianity in Iceland (4 C, 21 P) M. Christian missionaries in Iceland (1 C, 5 P) Christian monasteries in Iceland (2 C) P. Protestantism in Iceland (2 C ...
At the inauguration of Christianity in Iceland, missionary bishops and priests from Germany, England, and Eastern Europe worked among the population. The first Icelandic bishop, Ísleifur Gissurarson, was consecrated in Bremen in 1056, and he made Skálholt the episcopal see. Thereafter, Skálholt was the centre of Christian learning and ...
In the twentieth century Iceland had some notable, if at times temporary, converts to the Catholic faith. For a time Halldór Laxness was a Catholic. Although this did not last, his Catholic period is of importance due to his position in modern Icelandic literature. A more consistently Catholic writer in Icelandic was Jón Sveinsson.
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.