Icelandic Reformation

Icelandic Reformation (Icelandic War In 1550)
	Part of Protestantism
Date	1550
Location	Iceland
Result	Danish victory Execution Of Jón Arason;
Belligerents
Denmark	Iceland (Part of Denmark-Norway at that time)
Commanders and leaders
Christian III; Protestants	Jón Arason ; Catholics

The Icelandic Reformation took place in the middle of the 16th century. Iceland was at this time a territory ruled by Denmark-Norway, and Lutheran religious reform was imposed on the Icelanders by King Christian III of Denmark. Resistance to the Icelandic Reformation ended with the execution of Jón Arason, Catholic bishop of Hólar, and his two sons, in 1550.

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