Christian missionaries in Iceland

Icelandic skald and Christian missionary of the 10th century

French Catholic priest, missionary in Iceland, Prefect Apostolic of Norway and Lapland (1821-1895)

Þangbrandr was a missionary sent to Iceland by king of Norway Óláfr Tryggvason to convert the inhabitants to Christianity. Snorri Sturluson described him as follows: {| | style="padding: 1pt 10pt;" | There was a Saxon priest in [Olaf's] house who was called Thangbrand, a passionate, ungovernable man, and a great manslayer; but he was a good scholar, and a clever man. —''King Olaf Trygvason's Saga'' (80), Laing's translation |}

French Catholic priest and missionary in Iceland (1831-1875)