List of wars involving Iceland
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]
Before the 15th century
Viking battles
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | Total losses |
---|---|---|---|---|
Battle of Vinland (1003) | Icelandic and Norwegian Vikings | Native warriors | Victory
| 22 vikings dead 8+ natives dead |
Battle of Vinland (1010) | Icelandic and Norwegian Vikings | Native warriors | Victory
| 2 vikings dead 14 natives dead |
Internal strifes
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | Icelandic losses |
---|---|---|---|---|
Age of the Sturlungs (1220–1264) | Icelandic Gothis | Commonwealth Gothis | Old Covenant
| 74 dead |
15th to 19th century
Date | Conflict / Event | Allies | Enemies | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
1538–1550 | Icelandic Reformation | Catholics | Denmark-Norway Protestants | Icelandic/Catholic victory
|
1627 | Turkish Abductions | Denmark-Norway
| Ottoman Empire | Abduction of 400-800 Icelanders
|
1797 | Action of 16 May 1797 | Denmark-Norway
| Ottoman Empire | Victory |
1803-1815 | Iceland in the Napoleonic Wars | France Denmark-Norway
| Coalition Forces | Dano-French defeat
|
1809 | Jørgen Jørgensen's Revolution | Jørgen Jørgensen
| Denmark-Norway
| Danish government restored
|
20th century
Date | Conflict / Event | Enemies | Result | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1940 | Invasion of Iceland | United Kingdom | British victory | ||
1958-1976 | The Cod Wars |
| Iceland victory. secure their territorial water claims. |
21st century
Peacekeeping
Mission | Start date | End date | Location | Troops deployed |
---|---|---|---|---|
MNF-I | 2004 | 2007 | Iraq | 2 |
ISAF | 2002 | 2014 | Afghanistan | 2–32 |
See also
- Defence of Iceland
- Iceland in World War II (invasion)
- List of countries without armed forces
- Military history of Iceland
- Turkish Abductions
References
- ^ "From Iceland — Ask A Historian: Has Iceland Ever Been Involved In Any Wars Or Conflicts". The Reykjavik Grapevine. 2017-07-14. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
- ^ Steinsson, Sverrir (2016-03-22). "The Cod Wars: a re-analysis". European Security. 25 (2): 256–275. doi:10.1080/09662839.2016.1160376. ISSN 0966-2839. S2CID 155242560.
- ^ Hellmann, Gunther; Herborth, Benjamin (2008-07-01). "Fishing in the mild West: democratic peace and militarised interstate disputes in the transatlantic community". Review of International Studies. 34 (3): 481–506. doi:10.1017/S0260210508008139. ISSN 1469-9044. S2CID 144997884.
- ^ Ireland, Michael J.; Gartner, Scott Sigmund (2001-10-01). "Time to Fight: Government Type and Conflict Initiation in Parliamentary Systems". The Journal of Conflict Resolution. 45 (5): 547–568. doi:10.1177/0022002701045005001. JSTOR 3176313. S2CID 154973439.
- ^ Prins, Brandon C.; Sprecher, Christopher (1999-05-01). "Institutional Constraints, Political Opposition, And Interstate Dispute Escalation: Evidence from Parliamentary Systems, 1946–89". Journal of Peace Research. 36 (3): 271–287. doi:10.1177/0022343399036003002. ISSN 0022-3433. S2CID 110394899.
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