Glima is said to be between 1200 and 1300 years old.

It is one of the oldest existing martial arts in the world.

In the Viking Age, it was practiced all over Scandinavia.

The martial art has continuously survived for the last

1000 years in Iceland where it is the national sport.

Glima mentioned in Icelandic sagas and legal texts as. Grágás from the years 1118 and Jon's book from year 1281st The saga about Thor´s travel to udgårsloke. The fight between Thor and Elle was a Glima fight.