Published November 17, 2020
Maskin’s survey has revealed that four out of ten Icelanders consider themselves to believe in some religion, according to Fréttablaðið. It also showed that supporters of the People’s Party are more likely to be religious than supporters of other political parties.
This means that there is little difference between the number of Icelanders who believe in themselves and the number of Icelanders who do not. Just over two in ten said they could not say for sure whether they believed or not, but four in ten indicated that they did not believe.
Compared to a report from 2015, this shows that the number of believers in Iceland is decreasing while the number of non-believers is increasing. The survey was conducted in January this year from a sample of almost 1,000 participants.
The survey also showed that younger people and people with a university degree were less likely to be religious than older or less educated people. Women were more likely to be religious than men and there was little difference in income limits. Similarly, residents of Reykjavík are slightly less likely to be religious than residents of rural areas.
Source: The Nordic Page