Glima

Icelandic wrestling

格利玛 · グリマ · 글리마

Country of origin

Norway

Type

martial arts, combat sport, type of sport

Glíma (anglicised as Glima / Icelandic Wrestling) is an Icelandic sport for combat and is categorised as Nordic folk wrestling. In the most common form of glima, players grip their opponent by the waist and attempt to throw them to the ground using technique rather than force. Other variants allow for more aggression.

Styles and branches of Glima

• Lausatök

External links

• Wikipedia
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q651295 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.