Is blasphemy illegal in Iceland?
No blasphemy law
Iceland repealed its blasphemy law in 2015.
Iceland is one of 10 countries classified “No blasphemy law” for blasphemy — 18% of the 57 with data.
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Blasphemy law
- Last checked
- 7 July 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- Ireland
- No blasphemy law The blasphemy offence was removed by referendum in 2018 and repealed in 2020.
- United Kingdom
- No blasphemy law Blasphemy laws have been abolished in England and Wales (2008) and Scotland (2021), with no current criminal penalties for blasphemy.
- Norway
- No blasphemy law Norway removed its blasphemy law from the penal code in 2015.
- Sweden
- No blasphemy law Sweden has no explicit blasphemy law, though agitation against groups can be prosecuted.
- Denmark
- No blasphemy law Denmark repealed its blasphemy law in 2017, though it was reinstated in 2023.
- Netherlands
- No blasphemy law Netherlands abolished its blasphemy law in the 1960s.
Other laws in Iceland
- Holocaust Denial
- No specific law
- Conversion Therapy
- Banned
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