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In 2023, a new survey of Icelandic folk beliefs and experiences of the supernatural was carried out with the help of the Icelandic Social Sciences Institute and grants from the University of Iceland Research Fund and the Kungl. Gustav Adolfs Akademie in Sweden. This survey builds on previous surveys from 1974 and 2006-2007, and received answers from over 2,500 people of varying ages and genders and varying backgrounds. The poster will give an introduction to the survey and its findings, which indicate not only the fact that folk beliefs (and beliefs in God) in Iceland seem to be fading but also that interesting difference exist between not only the old and young, and those living in urban and rural areas but also between genders. See https://fel.hi.is/sites/fel.hi.is/files/2024-02/Folkbelief_2023_en.pdf