Iceland 2024: Hallgrímskirkja

The Church of Iceland's Hallgrímskirkja dominates the skyline of Reykjavík. The denomination is Lutheran. Its outline recalls the pipes of an organ. In front of the nations largest church stands a statue of Leif Erikson by Alexander Stirling Calder, a gift from the United States in 1930 to honor the thousandth anniversary of the nation's Althing or parliament. The statue occupied this location before the church, which was completed in 1986.

We visited the site on January 26.

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