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They returned to Iceland to share the gospel. Missionary work has continued since then, although there were no permanent missionaries in Iceland from 1914 to 1974. As of December 31, 2022, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had 382 members in Iceland, divided into three congregations. There is also one Family History Center. [1]
Beginning in 980, Iceland was visited by several Christian missionaries who had little success; but when Olaf Tryggvason (who had converted around 998) ascended to the Norwegian throne, there were many more converts, and the two rival religions soon divided the country and threatened civil war.
Mormon missionaries in Iceland (2 P) Pages in category "Christian missionaries in Iceland" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
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Within the Christian category, 58.61% identified as Lutherans belonging to the Church of Iceland. This is a significant decrease from the 92.6% who identified this way in 1990. Other minor Lutheran free churches accounted for 5.33%, Roman Catholicism for 3.83%, and other Christian denominations for 1.78%. [ 1 ]
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]
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