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Religion Members % Church of Iceland [a] (Þjóðkirkjan) Christianity 227,259 58.61 Other religions and unspecified [b] Various: 72,631 18.73 Unaffiliated [c] Unknown: 29,883 7.71 Catholic Church (Kaþólska kirkjan) Christianity 14,869 3.83 Free Church in Reykjavík (Fríkirkjan í Reykjavík) Christianity 9,953 2.57 Free Church in ...
As of 2022, there are 14,723 Catholics in Iceland, [2] with 6 diocesan priests, 9 religious order priests, and 38 sisters in religious orders. Catholics represent 3.91% of the Icelandic population [2] and are growing in number rapidly. [3] The Diocese of Reykjavík covers the whole of Iceland.
Today the country is 25% [86] to 32% [87] irreligious. ... In Iceland, Germanic religion has an impact larger than the number of its adherents. [100] In Sweden, ...
From the 16th century to the 19th century, religious life in Iceland was organized around the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland, with compulsory membership.This started to change in 1874, when Iceland was given a constitution which granted freedom of religion [1] and freedom of speech, [2] opening the door for criticism of the church.
Freedom of religion in Iceland is guaranteed by the 64th article of the Constitution of Iceland.However at the same time the 62nd article states that the Evangelical Lutheran Church shall be the national church (þjóðkirkja) [1] and the national curriculum places emphasis on Christian studies.
Ásatrúarfélagið was recognized as a religious organization by the Icelandic government in 1973. Its first leader was farmer and poet Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson. It is the largest non-Christian religious organization in Iceland and has some 3,583 members (as of January 1st, 2017), [4] making up just over 1%
Islam in Iceland is a minority religion. The Pew Research Center estimated that the number of Muslims in Iceland was below its 10,000 minimum threshold, [ clarification needed ] and official statistics put the figure at under 1,300, or 0.33% out of the total population of 385,230.
After years of ongoing holiday activities the first permanent Jewish Center in Iceland will open in 2018 to provide Jewish educational, religious and cultural services, as well as kosher food and synagogue services for the local Jewish Community and Jewish visitors. [9] As a result, every major European capital will have a Chabad center. [10]