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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

Viking battles

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result Total
losses
Battle of Vinland (1003) Icelandic Vikings Native warriors Victory
  • Viking victory and withdrawal.
22 vikings dead
8+ natives dead
Battle of Vinland (1010) Icelandic Vikings Native warriors Victory
  • Native attack repelled; Viking withdrawal.
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 total loses
1538–1550 Icelandic Reformation Catholics Denmark
Protestants 		Icelandic/Catholic victory 127 dead
1627 Turkish Abductions Denmark-Norway Ottoman Empire Abduction of 400-800 Icelanders 53 dead
1700, 1709–20 Iceland in the Great Northern War Denmark-Norway Swedish Empire Coalition victory
  • Trade obstructed
  • Increase in exports
1797 Action of 16 May 1797 Denmark-Norway Ottoman Empire Victory
1803-1815 Iceland in the Napoleonic Wars France
Denmark-Norway 		Netherlands Coalition Forces Dano-French defeat
  • Dissolution of Denmark-Norway
  • Iceland remains within Denmark as a dependency
1809 Jørgen Jørgensen's Revolution Iceland Denmark-Norway

21st century

Peacekeeping

Mission Start date End date Location Troops deployed
MNF-I 2004 2007  Iraq 2
ISAF ISAF 2002 2014  Afghanistan 2–32

See also

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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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