Editing Reformation (section)

=== Nordic countries ===
{{See also|Reformation in Denmark-Norway and Holstein|Religion in Iceland#The Reformation|Religion in Norway#From Reformation to 1964|Religion in Sweden#Lutheran Reformation|Reformation in Sweden}}
[[File:Henrik sormi.JPG|thumb|The seal of the [[Bishopric of Turku|Diocese of Turku]] (Finland) during the 16th and 17th centuries featured the finger of St Henry. The post-Reformation diocese included the relic of a pre-Reformation saint in its seal.|alt=]]

All of [[Scandinavia]] ultimately adopted Lutheranism over the course of the 16th century, as the monarchs of Denmark (who also ruled Norway and Iceland) and Sweden (who also ruled Finland) converted to that faith.

==== Iceland ====
{{Main|Icelandic Reformation}}
[[Martin Luther|Luther]]'s influence had already reached [[Iceland]] before King Christian's decree. The [[Germans]] fished near Iceland's coast, and the [[Hanseatic League]] engaged in commerce with the Icelanders. These Germans raised a Lutheran church in [[Hafnarfjörður]] as early as 1533. Through German trade connections, many young [[Icelanders]] studied in [[Hamburg]].{{sfn|Hjálmarsson|1993|p=69}} In 1538, when the kingly decree of the new Church ordinance reached Iceland, bishop [[Ögmundur]] and his clergy denounced it, threatening excommunication for anyone subscribing to the German "heresy".{{sfn|Hjálmarsson|1993|p=70}} In 1539, the King sent a new governor to Iceland, [[Klaus von Mervitz]], with a mandate to introduce reform and take possession of church property.{{sfn|Hjálmarsson|1993|p=70}} Von Mervitz seized a monastery in [[Viðey]] with the help of his sheriff, [[Dietrich of Minden]], and his soldiers. They drove the monks out and seized all their possessions, for which they were promptly excommunicated by Ögmundur.