Hafnarfjordur Free Church

Hafnarfjordur Free Church (Icelandic: Fríkirkjan í Hafnarfirði) is a church in the Free Lutheran congregation of Iceland, located in Hafnarfjordur. The church was founded on 22 April 1913.[1] It's Iceland's third largest religious body, after the Reykjavik Free Church and the Church of Iceland.[2]

Sr. Einar Eyjólfsson has been the church priest since 1984, accompanied by another priest, sr. Sigríður Kristín Helgadóttir, since 2000.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 History of Hafnarfjordur Free Church (in Icelandic)
  2. ↑ Iceland - International Religious Freedom Report 2003 U.S. Department of State.

Coordinates: 64°04′10″N 21°57′18″W / 64.069382°N 21.955048°W / 64.069382; -21.955048

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