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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Members_of_no_religious_organizations_in_Iceland.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Members_of_no_religious_organizations_in_Iceland.svg/300px-Members_of_no_religious_organizations_in_Iceland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="240" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Members_of_no_religious_organizations_in_Iceland.svg/450px-Members_of_no_religious_organizations_in_Iceland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Members_of_no_religious_organizations_in_Iceland.svg/600px-Members_of_no_religious_organizations_in_Iceland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>The percentage of the Icelandic population registered as outside religious organizations.</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Irreligion</b> in <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Iceland" title="Religion in Iceland">Iceland</a> is prevalent, with approximately 10% of the population identifying as "convinced atheists" and a further 30% identifying as not religious.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (November 2022)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> Since the 20th century, <a href="/wiki/Irreligion" title="Irreligion">irreligion</a> has seen steady growth. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Freedom_of_religion">Freedom of religion</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Irreligion_in_Iceland&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Freedom of religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From the 16th century to the 19th century, religious life in Iceland was organized around the <a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_of_Iceland" class="mw-redirect" title="Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland">Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland</a>, with compulsory membership. This started to change in 1874, when Iceland was given a <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Iceland" title="Constitution of Iceland">constitution</a> which granted <a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_religion" title="Freedom of religion">freedom of religion</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_speech" title="Freedom of speech">freedom of speech</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> opening the door for criticism of the church. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Criticism_by_realists_and_socialists">Criticism by realists and socialists</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Irreligion_in_Iceland&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Criticism by realists and socialists"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stephan_G._Stephansson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9d/Stephan_G._Stephansson.jpg/220px-Stephan_G._Stephansson.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="249" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9d/Stephan_G._Stephansson.jpg/330px-Stephan_G._Stephansson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9d/Stephan_G._Stephansson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="386" data-file-height="437" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Stephan_G._Stephansson" title="Stephan G. Stephansson">Stephan G. Stephansson</a> (1853-1927), atheist poet</figcaption></figure> <p>With the publication of <i>Verðandi</i> in 1882, <a href="/wiki/Literary_realism" title="Literary realism">literary realism</a> started making inroads into Icelandic culture. Realist writers like <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gestur_P%C3%A1lsson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gestur Pálsson (page does not exist)">Gestur Pálsson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Einar_Hj%C3%B6rleifsson_Kvaran" title="Einar Hjörleifsson Kvaran">Einar Hjörleifsson Kvaran</a> and <a href="/wiki/%C3%9Eorsteinn_Erlingsson" title="Þorsteinn Erlingsson">Þorsteinn Erlingsson</a> criticized church authorities, blind religious fervour and Christian hypocrisy.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The poet <a href="/wiki/Stephan_G._Stephansson" title="Stephan G. Stephansson">Stephan G. Stephansson</a> went furthest in explicitly declaring himself an atheist.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Socialist writers of the early 20th century continued criticism in a similar vein. In 1924, <a href="/wiki/%C3%9E%C3%B3rbergur_%C3%9E%C3%B3r%C3%B0arson" title="Þórbergur Þórðarson">Þórbergur Þórðarson</a> published <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Br%C3%A9f_til_L%C3%A1ru&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bréf til Láru (page does not exist)">Bréf til Láru</a></i> ("A Letter to Laura"). Among other provocative content, the book contained an attack on Christianity. The book provoked outrage from intellectuals and clergymen.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 1920s and 1930s, labour leader <a href="/w/index.php?title=Pjetur_G._Gu%C3%B0mundsson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pjetur G. Guðmundsson (page does not exist)">Pjetur G. Guðmundsson</a> published translations of faith-critical works by <a href="/wiki/Robert_G._Ingersoll" title="Robert G. Ingersoll">Robert G. Ingersoll</a> as well as some of his own thoughts.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Níels_Dungal"><span id="N.C3.ADels_Dungal"></span>Níels Dungal</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Irreligion_in_Iceland&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Níels Dungal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The most ambitious atheistic work composed in 20th century Iceland was <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blekking_og_%C3%BEekking&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Blekking og þekking (page does not exist)">Blekking og þekking</a></i> ("Deception and Knowledge"), a book by <a href="/w/index.php?title=N%C3%ADels_P._Dungal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Níels P. Dungal (page does not exist)">Níels P. Dungal</a> published in 1948. Dungal was a professor of medicine at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Iceland" title="University of Iceland">University of Iceland</a> and for some years the rector of the university. His atheistic criticism differed from much of previous atheistic writings in Iceland in not being a part of a wider political program. The book, a tome of 540 pages, chronicles what Dungal saw as the historical conflict between religion and church authority ("Deception") on one hand and science and true progress ("Knowledge") on the other hand.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The work was advertised as a book that would "cause more severe disputes than any other book published for many years".<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To some extent the book lived up to this claim, provoking lengthy critical reviews by theologians, including one by <a href="/wiki/Sigurbj%C3%B6rn_Einarsson" title="Sigurbjörn Einarsson">Sigurbjörn Einarsson</a>, later bishop.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The same year another medical doctor published a pro-Christian book, advertised as a counterpoint to Dungal's book.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1950, Níels Dungal and Sigurbjörn Einarsson had a public debate on the topic of religion and science.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Helgi_Hóseasson"><span id="Helgi_H.C3.B3seasson"></span>Helgi Hóseasson</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Irreligion_in_Iceland&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Helgi Hóseasson"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Helgi_Hoseasson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Helgi_Hoseasson.jpg/220px-Helgi_Hoseasson.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="331" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Helgi_Hoseasson.jpg/330px-Helgi_Hoseasson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Helgi_Hoseasson.jpg/440px-Helgi_Hoseasson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="465" data-file-height="700" /></a><figcaption>Helgi Hóseasson (b. 1919, d. 2009), atheist activist</figcaption></figure> <p>Atheist activism in Iceland begins with <a href="/wiki/Helgi_H%C3%B3seasson" title="Helgi Hóseasson">Helgi Hóseasson</a> (b. 1919, d. 2009),<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a carpenter and a socialist. In 1962, he started a campaign to get his <a href="/w/index.php?title=Baptismal_covenant&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Baptismal covenant (page does not exist)">baptismal covenant</a> annulled. At first he sought recourse from Bishop <a href="/wiki/Sigurbj%C3%B6rn_Einarsson" title="Sigurbjörn Einarsson">Sigurbjörn Einarsson</a> who told him that the baptismal covenant was permanent and could not be annulled.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Helgi then contacted several other clergymen without getting results to his liking.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He then sought legal recourse, pursuing the case through the Icelandic court system and finally appealing to the <a href="/wiki/European_Court_of_Human_Rights" title="European Court of Human Rights">European Court of Human Rights</a>, all without success.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At this point Helgi believed that the only course remaining open to him was direct action. On October 16, 1966, he attended service at the <a href="/wiki/Reykjav%C3%ADk_Cathedral" title="Reykjavík Cathedral">Reykjavík Cathedral</a>. Helgi went to the altar as if to receive communion but instead of consuming the wine and the bread he threw both items into a trash bag and then addressed the congregation, declaring his baptismal covenant annulled and "protesting the hatred of humanity which is the basis of the accursed Christian religion".<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the event at the cathedral, Helgi's quest turned towards getting <a href="/wiki/Statistics_Iceland" title="Statistics Iceland">Statistics Iceland</a> to register the annulment of his baptismal covenant. It quickly became apparent that this was a wish the relevant authorities were not inclined to grant. Helgi then started a campaign of protests and disruptions of church services.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1972, he decided the time had come for more decisive action. On October 10, the <a href="/wiki/Althing" title="Althing">Althing</a> came into session with a traditional procession of members of parliament, the president of the republic, and the bishop of Iceland to the Reykjavík cathedral. Helgi approached the procession and showered it with <a href="/wiki/Skyr" title="Skyr">skyr</a>. He succeeded in getting skyr on most members of parliament before being stopped by the police. The action succeeded in getting Helgi national attention and arousing some sympathy for his cause.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Later actions by Helgi included sprinkling tar on <a href="/w/index.php?title=Stj%C3%B3rnarr%C3%A1%C3%B0sh%C3%BAsi%C3%B0&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stjórnarráðshúsið (page does not exist)">Stjórnarráðshúsið</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stj%C3%B3rnarr%C3%A1%C3%B0i%C3%B0" class="extiw" title="fr:Stjórnarráðið">fr</a>; <a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stj%C3%B3rnarr%C3%A1%C3%B0sh%C3%BAsi%C3%B0" class="extiw" title="is:Stjórnarráðshúsið">is</a>]</span>, the seat of government, in 1974, breaking windows in the same building in 1976, and sprinkling a chemical mixture on the same building in 1981.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1982 he was implicated in burning down the church he had received confirmation in.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite his decades-long campaign and frequent arrests, Helgi was never charged with anything.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Contemporary_Iceland">Contemporary Iceland</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Irreligion_in_Iceland&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Contemporary Iceland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although 89.3% of Icelanders are officially registered members of Christian congregations, <a href="/wiki/Church_attendance" title="Church attendance">church attendance</a> in Iceland is low. Some 10% of Icelanders attend church once a month or more frequently, whereas 43% say that they never attend church and 15.9% say they attend church only once a year.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a 2004 survey, 69.3% of Icelanders said they were religious, whereas 19.1% said they were not religious and 11.6% said they could not say whether or not they were religious.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Moreover, when asked to select a statement that best represented their opinion, 19.7% said that it is impossible to know whether or not god exists and 26.2% said that no god exists except man made gods.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This would indicate that numbers of <a href="/wiki/Agnosticism" title="Agnosticism">agnostics</a> and <a href="/wiki/Atheism" title="Atheism">atheists</a> in Iceland are significantly higher than official registration of religious affiliation would indicate. </p><p>Iceland was one of the most irreligious countries in the world accord to Gallup.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A Gallup poll conducted in 2012 found that 57% of Icelanders considered themselves "a religious person", 31% consider themselves "a non religious person", while 10% define themselves as "a convinced atheist", placing Iceland in the top 10 atheist populations in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-Religion-and-Atheism_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Religion-and-Atheism-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Religious_organisation_unaffiliation">Religious organisation unaffiliation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Irreligion_in_Iceland&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Religious organisation unaffiliation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"> <caption>Unaffiliated (1 January)<sup id="cite_ref-population_stats_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-population_stats-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Population </th> <th>Unaffiliated </th> <th>% </th> <th>± </th></tr> <tr> <td>1998 </td> <td>272,381 </td> <td>5,591 </td> <td>2.05 </td> <td>0.00 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999 </td> <td>275,712 </td> <td>5,767 </td> <td>2.09 </td> <td>0.04 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000 </td> <td>279,049 </td> <td>5,996 </td> <td>2.15 </td> <td>0.06 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001 </td> <td>283,361 </td> <td>6,367 </td> <td>2.25 </td> <td>0.10 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002 </td> <td>286,575 </td> <td>6,585 </td> <td>2.30 </td> <td>0.05 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2003 </td> <td>288,471 </td> <td>6,713 </td> <td>2.33 </td> <td>0.03 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004 </td> <td>290,570 </td> <td>6,941 </td> <td>2.39 </td> <td>0.06 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005 </td> <td>293,577 </td> <td>7,152 </td> <td>2.44 </td> <td>0.05 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006 </td> <td>299,891 </td> <td>7,418 </td> <td>2.47 </td> <td>0.04 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007 </td> <td>307,672 </td> <td>8,011 </td> <td>2.60 </td> <td>0.13 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008 </td> <td>315,459 </td> <td>8,787 </td> <td>2.79 </td> <td>0.18 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009 </td> <td>319,368 </td> <td>9,309 </td> <td>2.91 </td> <td>0.13 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010 </td> <td>317,630 </td> <td>10,336 </td> <td>3.25 </td> <td>0.34 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"> <caption>Unaffiliated (1 January)<sup id="cite_ref-population_stats_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-population_stats-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Population </th> <th>Unaffiliated </th> <th>% </th> <th>± </th></tr> <tr> <td>2011 </td> <td>318,452 </td> <td>14,091 </td> <td>4.42 </td> <td>1.17 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012 </td> <td>319,575 </td> <td>15,802 </td> <td>4.94 </td> <td>0.52 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013 </td> <td>321,857 </td> <td>16,608 </td> <td>5.20 </td> <td>0.26 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014 </td> <td>325,671 </td> <td>17,218 </td> <td>5.29 </td> <td>0.09 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015 </td> <td>329,100 </td> <td>18,458 </td> <td>5.61 </td> <td>0.32 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016 </td> <td>332,529 </td> <td>19,202 </td> <td>5.77 </td> <td>0.16 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017 </td> <td>338,349 </td> <td>20,500 </td> <td>6.06 </td> <td>0.29 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018 </td> <td>348,580 </td> <td>23,318 </td> <td>6.69 </td> <td>0.63 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019 </td> <td>356,991 </td> <td>24,864 </td> <td>6.96 </td> <td>0.27 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020 </td> <td>364,134 </td> <td>26,114 </td> <td>7.17 </td> <td>0.21 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021 </td> <td>368,792 </td> <td>27,919 </td> <td>7.57 </td> <td>0.40 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2022 </td> <td>376,248 </td> <td>29,203 </td> <td>7.76 </td> <td>0.19 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Irreligion_in_Iceland&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2013-10-05</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Morgunbla%C3%B0i%C3%B0%2C+03.09.1948&rft.pub=Timarit.is&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Ftimarit.is%2Fview_page_init.jsp%3FissId%3D107620%26pageId%3D1268872%26lang%3Dis&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIrreligion+in+Iceland" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=107657&pageId=1269441&lang=is&q=%FEj%F3%F0lei%F0in%20til%20hamingju">"Morgunblaðið, 16.10.1948"</a>. Timarit.is<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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