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Missionary work during this time was largely unsuccessful, with few baptisms. Missionaries often reported hardships they faced from opposition and unfavorable weather. By 1906, there were only 36 reported church members in Iceland. [8]: 81–89 Missionary work ceased in Iceland in 1914, and did not resume until 1975, [1]
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Thangbrand was an experienced missionary, having proselytized in Norway and the Faroe Islands. His mission in Iceland from c. 997–999 was only partly successful. He managed to convert several prominent Icelandic chieftains, but killed two or three men in the process. [5]
Christian missionaries started to visit Iceland in the last decades of the 10th century. [13] A German [13] missionary bishop, Friedrich (Friðrekr) who arrived in 981 was the first among them. [14] He was forced to depart from the island in 986 after his Icelandic aide, Thorvald Kodransson, had murdered two [13] men in a battle. [14]
Christian missionaries began to be active in Iceland by 980. [5] One of them was the Icelandic native Thorvald Kodransson, who had been baptised on the continent by the Saxon bishop Fridrek, with whom he preached the gospel in Iceland in 981, converting only Thorvald's father Kodran and his family. [5]
About 62% of the population belong to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland [5] and over 90% of the populace belong to Christian churches. Nine out of 10 children are baptised in their first year, more than 90% of adolescents are confirmed, 85% are married in the church and 99% of funerals take place in the church.
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