Iceland

State, Religion and Humanism in the Baltic Countries

 Finland
 Germany
 Iceland
 Norway
 Sweden

Prof. Carl-Johan Kleberg, former Chairman of the Swedish Humanist Association, presented this report to the 1st Baltic Humanist Conference in Stockholm. Based on a study of 11 Nordic countries – Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russia and Sweden, it makes a series of recommendations viz.

The Icelandic Humanist struggle for Human Rights

 Iceland

Iceland is an island nation in the North Atlantic with an affluent population of nearly 305,000. It is a modern democratic republic which prides itself on its human rights orientation. However, it still has a state church, the Evangelical Lutheran church. While on paper 84% of Icelanders are members of the state church, on any given Sunday no more than 2-4% of the population attends church.

International Atheist Conference in Iceland

Meeting (people)
 Iceland

updated The Atheist Alliance International and SAMT (the Atheist Society of Iceland) will host the first international Freethought, Rationalist, Humanist, Skeptic meeting to be held at the top of the world, in Reykjavik, Iceland on June 24 & 25, 2006.

SAMT is coordinating the event along with three other Freethought organizations in Iceland: IHEU member organization Sidmennt (the Icelandic Ethical Humanist Association), Skeptikus, and Vantràº.

Sidmennt - Felag siðraenna humanista a Islandi (Icelandic Ethical Humanist Association)

 Iceland
Associate members
Contact: 
Hope Knútsson
Position: 
formaður
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