Glíma (anglicised as Glima) is an Icelandic sport for combat and is categorised as Nordic folk wrestling.

The most common form of glima describe players gripping their opponent by the waist and attempt to throw them to the ground using technique rather than force.

The original settlers in Iceland took wrestling with them[citation needed], and these combat systems have been used by the populace according to the Jónsbók law book from 1325.

In this style of glima, a thrown wrestler may attempt to land on his feet and hands and if he succeeds in doing so he has not lost the fall.

The winning condition in this type of glima is to make the opponent touch the ground with an area of the body between the elbow and the knee.

In both, all kinds of wrestling techniques are allowed, but in the friendly version they are still taught to be executed in a way so they won't cause the opponent injury.