1000 CE
Christianization Of Iceland At Althing
About this moment
Iceland was legally Christianized in the year 1000 CE, setting Christianity as the official religion of Iceland through a vote by the Althing (Icelandic parliament). In Icelandic, this event is known as the kristnitaka (literally, "the taking of Christianity"). The vast majority of the initial settlers of Iceland during the settlement of Iceland in the 9th and 10th centuries CE were pagan, worshipping the Norse gods.