battle, early modern

Battle of Sauðafell

Name: Battle of Sauðafell
Start: 1550-10-02
Location: Sauðafell, Iceland

Battle of Sauðafell was a battle fought on 2 October 1550 at Sauðafell, in what is now Iceland. It was part of Q12562. The recorded result: Daði Guðmundsson victory; Jón Arason defeated and captured; Collapse of Catholicism in Iceland. Recorded strength: ~100 against ~80.

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Fought2 October 1550

WhereSauðafell, Iceland65.017N, 21.648W

OutcomeDaði Guðmundsson victory; Jón Arason defeated and captured; Collapse of Catholicism in Iceland

BelligerentsJón Arason's forcesagainstDaði Guðmundsson's forces

Casualties and lossesUnknownandUnknown

Part ofQ12562

Where it sits in Q12562

4 placed engagements of Q12562 in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	2 October 1550
Place	Sauðafell, Iceland 65.017N, 21.648W
Kind	Battle, early modern
Strength	~100	~80
Casualties and losses	Unknown	Unknown
Commanders	Jón Arason	Daði Guðmundsson

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of the Gulf 1244, 98 km N
Battle of Örlygsstaðir 1238, 123 km NE
Battle of Haugsnes 1246, 123 km NE
Battle of the Denmark Strait 1941, 516 km NW
Battle of Carinish 1601, 1127 km SE

In the same war

Before: Battle of Little Belt 1535

Elsewhere in 1550

Battle of Sauðafell is one of 1,390 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 6 in present-day Iceland.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4872326, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Sauðafell, revision 1370588775, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.