The following is a list of wars involving Iceland. Although modern Iceland does not maintain a standing army, navy nor air force; it maintains a militarised coast guard which is in charge of defending the country and has deployed a small peacekeeping force internationally on a few occasions. Iceland has never participated in a full-scale war or invasion and the constitution of Iceland has no mechanism to declare war.[1] None of the Cod Wars meet any of the common thresholds for a conventional war and they may more accurately be described as militarised interstate disputes between Iceland and the United Kingdom.[2][3][4][5]
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | Total losses |
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Battle of Vinland (1003) | Icelandic Vikings | Native warriors | Victory
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22 vikings dead
8+ natives dead |
Battle of Vinland (1010) | Icelandic Vikings | Native warriors | Victory
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2 vikings dead
14 natives dead |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | Icelandic losses |
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Age of the Sturlungs (1220–1264) |
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Old Covenant
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74 dead
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Date | Conflict / Event | Allies | Enemies | Result |
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1538–1550 | Icelandic Reformation | ![]() |
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Icelandic/Catholic victory
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1627 | Turkish Abductions | ![]() |
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Abduction of 400-800 Icelanders
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1700, 1709–20 | Iceland in the Great Northern War | ![]() |
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Coalition victory
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1797 | Action of 16 May 1797 | ![]() |
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Victory |
1803-1815 | Iceland in the Napoleonic Wars | ![]() ![]() |
Coalition Forces | Dano-French defeat
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1809 | Jørgen Jørgensen's Revolution | ![]()
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Danish government restored
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Mission | Start date | End date | Location | Troops deployed |
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2004 | 2007 | ![]() |
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2002 | 2014 | ![]() |
2–32 |