Saurbæjarkirkja was built in 1858 and can accommodate 60 people. Saurbæjarkirkja is one of the six "peat churches" that still exist in Iceland. The walls of Saurbæjarkirkja are built of stone and peat, and the roof is made of peat.
The Akureyri church is a Lutheran church dedicated in 1940. The building was designed by Guðjón Samúelsson, the architect behind the Hallgrímskirkja.
Húsavíkurkirkja is a wooden church with strong characteristics of the so-called Swiss-style (inspired by rural chalets in Switzerland). The architect Rögnvaldur Ólafsson designed the church, which was consecrated in 1907.
The Staðarhólskirkja of Saurbæ in Dälum was dedicated on December 3, 1899. The oldest record of a church in Saurbe is from about 1200.
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