Christianisation of Iceland

Christianisation Of Iceland

It is believed that Iceland was Christianised in approximately 1000 AD. In Icelandic, this event is known as the kristnitaka (literally, "the taking of Christianity").

The earliest Christian observance in the country in all likelihood began with the arrival of the first settlers during the settlement of Iceland in the 9th and 10th centuries AD. Some of them were from the British Isles and had adopted Christianity through their contact with the Irish. However, the vast majority of the initial settlers were pagan, worshipping the Æsir (the Norse gods), and organized Christian observance probably died out within a generation or so.