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In the 11th Century, efforts to bring Christianity to Iceland were often comical failures, but eventually, through stubborn determination and multiple missionary ventures, a sizable population of Christian converts was established. However, tension between adherents of the old gods and Christians as to which religion Iceland would adopt grew to a point which threatened civil war. A well respected man, Thorgeir Thorkelsson, was tasked with arbitration of the conflict, on the condition that his decision would be followed by all.

IOTL, even though he was a Pagan priest, he sided with the Christians after a long meditation, and thereafter Christianity gained the upper hand.

What if he hadn't, and instead made Norse Paganism the state religion, with a caveat that Christians would be allowed to worship in private?
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