History
Glima is the Icelandic word for wrestling. In Icelandic collection of texts from 1220 Prose Edda in the book Gylfaginning, Elli defeats Thor in a wrestling match. The oldest Icelandic competition in glima is Skjaldarglíma Ármann which was first held in 1888 and has been held almost every year since. In 1905 the belt was introduced so that the wrestlers could have a better grip on each other. Before that they held on each other's trousers. In 1906 the first Íslandsglíman (Grettisbeltið) competition was held where the winners are named Glímukóngur. In the 1912 Summer Olympics there was a demonstration of glima. In 1987 glima was being taught in primary school in Iceland.
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