North Iceland Churches

Hríseyjarkirkja

Icelandic church, part of the country's Lutheran heritage. Many churches are open to visitors - respect services in progress.

Tjarnarkirkja

Icelandic church, part of the country's Lutheran heritage. Turf churches represent traditional construction methods worth seeing.

Lögmannshlíðarkirkja

Icelandic church, part of the country's Lutheran heritage. Many churches are open to visitors - respect services in progress.

Siglufjörður Lutheran Church

Church in the northern fishing town of Siglufjörður. Yellow church in a town famous for its herring era history.

Kollafjarðarneskirkja

Icelandic church, part of the country's Lutheran heritage. Church architecture reflects Iceland's building traditions and imported influences.

Blönduóskirkja eldri

Icelandic church, part of the country's Lutheran heritage. Many churches are open to visitors - respect services in progress.

Holtastaðakirkja

Icelandic church, part of the country's Lutheran heritage. Church architecture reflects Iceland's building traditions and imported influences.

Glaumbæjarkirkja

Small church at Glaumbær turf farm museum in North Iceland. Part of the historic farm complex. Red and white, typical of rural Icelandic churches.

Grundarkirkja

Black church in the Snæfellsnes area with mountain backdrop. Similar aesthetic to Búðakirkja. The black wooden churches are distinctively Icelandic. Each has its own setting and character.

Vesturhópshólakirkja

Icelandic church, part of the country's Lutheran heritage. Many churches are open to visitors - respect services in progress.

Urðakirkja

Icelandic church, part of the country's Lutheran heritage. Many churches are open to visitors - respect services in progress.

Ábæjarkirkja

Icelandic church, part of the country's Lutheran heritage. Historic church sites often predate Christianity in Iceland.

Vallakirkja

Icelandic church, part of the country's Lutheran heritage. Church architecture reflects Iceland's building traditions and imported influences.

Upsakirkja

Icelandic church, part of the country's Lutheran heritage. Many churches are open to visitors - respect services in progress.

Kaldrananeskirkja

Icelandic church, part of the country's Lutheran heritage. Historic church sites often predate Christianity in Iceland.

Sauðárkrókskirkja

Sauðárkrókskirkja is a church in Sauðárkrókur, Iceland that was consecrated on December 9, 1892. The church parish was formed as the result of combining the Sjávarborg and Fagranes parishes, and the parish spans Reykjaströnd, Gönguskörð, Sauðárkrókur, and Borgarsveit. Icelandic church, part of the country's Lutheran heritage. Historic church sites often predate Christianity in Iceland.

Hóladómkirkja

Hólar Cathedral is a Church of Iceland cathedral church located in Hólar, Iceland. It is the official church of the Bishop of Hólar, currently Gísli Gunnarsson. Icelandic church, part of the country's Lutheran heritage. Turf churches represent traditional construction methods worth seeing.

Þingeyrakirkja

Þingeyrakirkja is an Icelandic church situated between lakes Hóp and Húnavatn at Þingeyrar in Iceland's Northwestern Region. Icelandic church, part of the country's Lutheran heritage. Churches often sit in scenic locations chosen for spiritual reasons.

Saurbæjarkirkja

Saurbæjarkirkja is a church in the Eyjafjörður region of Iceland. It is located about 26 kilometres (16 mi) south of Akureyri. Icelandic church, part of the country's Lutheran heritage. Many churches are open to visitors - respect services in progress.

Víðimýri

Víðimýri is an estate in Skagafjörður, Iceland south of Varmahlíð, which overlooks it. The area was previously a part of Seyluhreppur. The estate used to be a manor and was, at the end of the 12th century and during the 13th century, the residence of the region's chieftains from the Ásbirningar family clan, from Kolbeinn Tumason to Kálfur, the son of Brandur Kolbeinsson, who was known to live there in 1262. By the 17th and 18th centuries, the estate had long been the residence of the local sheriff. Víðimýri has now been divided into eight or nine independent holdings. Icelandic church, part of the country's Lutheran heritage. Turf churches represent traditional construction methods worth seeing.

St. Peter's Church, Akureyri

Húsavíkurkirkja

Húsavík's wooden church from 1907. Cross-shaped timber construction in a picturesque harbor setting. One of Iceland's prettiest church exteriors. The harbor and whale watching tours are nearby. Featured in the Eurovision movie, giving it unexpected fame.

Akureyrarkirkja

Akureyri's hilltop church with the same architect as Hallgrímskirkja. Views over the fjord from the steps. The stained glass windows include one rescued from a Coventry church bombed in WWII. The pipes of the organ are 32 feet tall. The steps up to the church are a small workout. The view at the top rewards the climb.

Glerárkirkja

Glerárkirkja is a church in Akureyri, Iceland. It is a parish church of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland. In 1969 a building committee was formed to find a place for a new church for the neighborhood. Lögmannshlíðarkirkja, the previous church dated to 1860, was deemed as too small for the congregation. Lögmannshlíðarkirkja is well maintained today and occasionally performs ecclesiastical ceremonies. Icelandic church, part of the country's Lutheran heritage. Historic church sites often predate Christianity in Iceland.