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Icelanders are a Germanic ethnic group and a nation native to Iceland.On 17 June 1944 when an Icelandic republic was founded the Icelanders became independent from the Danish monarchy. The language spoken is Icelandic a North Germanic language and Lutheranism is the predominant religion. Historical and DNA records indicate that around 60 to 80 percent of the settlers were of Norse origin (primarily from Western Norway) and the rest were of Celtic stock from Ireland and Britain.

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language
Faroese language, Germanic languages, Goidelic languages, Norwegian language, North Germanic languages, Icelandic language
population place
Norway, Australia, Canada, United States
related
Shetland, Danes, Norwegians, Irish people, Icelandic Canadian, Scottish people, Germans, Northern Europe, Icelandic American, Orcadians, English people, Faroese people, Dutch people, Swedes
religion
Norse religion, Roman Catholicism in Iceland, Lutheranism, Celtic Christianity, Ásatrúarfélagið, Religion in Iceland
total population
450000

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