The Staðarhólskirkja of Saurbæ in Dälum was dedicated on December 3, 1899. The oldest record of a church in Saurbe is from about 1200.
The Staðarhólskirkja of Saurbæ in Dälum was dedicated on December 3, 1899. The oldest record of a church in Saurbe is from about 1200.
The Búðakirkja, located on a lava field, was built for the first time in 1703. The current building, which is more of a tourist attraction than a functioning church (there is only one parishioner), is a reconstruction of 1987 .
The Þingvallakirkja, an Icelandic term which literally means "Church of the Parliament Plains" or "Church of Þingvellir", is a small church whose present building dates from 1859, but the first building was constructed on the initiative of the Norwegian King Olaf I at the time of Iceland's conversion to Christianity around the year 1000.
Hallgrímskirkja is a Lutheran church built in the years 1945-1986 in a Nordic expressionist style. It is one of Iceland's most recognizable landmarks and one of its tallest buildings.
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