Shortly after Icelanders adopted Christianity circa 1000 AD, Olaf II, King of Norway, sent a supply of Scandinavian wood to construct a church at Þingvellir. Five hundred years later, Pingvallakirkja moved to its present location. This reproduction was constructed in 1859. Adjacent to Þingvellir Church is the Icelandic National Cemetery. Among the famous people interred here is Einar Benediktsson. During the first half of the 20th century, he was a leader of Iceland’s Nationalist Movement and an advocate for renewable energy.
