List of wars involving Iceland
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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
[edit]Viking battles
[edit]Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | Total losses |
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Battle of Vinland (1003) | Icelandic and Norwegian Vikings | Native warriors | Victory
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22 vikings dead
8+ natives dead |
Battle of Vinland (1010) | Icelandic and Norwegian Vikings | Native warriors | Victory
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2 vikings dead
14 natives dead |
Internal strifes
[edit]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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15th to 19th century
[edit]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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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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20th century
[edit]Date | Conflict / Event | Enemies | Result | ||
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1940 | Invasion of Iceland | ![]() |
British victory | ||
1958-1976 | The Cod Wars |
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Iceland victory. |
21st century
[edit]Peacekeeping
[edit]Mission | Start date | End date | Location | Troops deployed |
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2004 | 2007 | ![]() |
2 |
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2002 | 2014 | ![]() |
2–32 |
See also
[edit]- Defence of Iceland
- Iceland in World War II (invasion)
- List of countries without armed forces
- Military history of Iceland
- Turkish Abductions
References
[edit]- ^ "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.