Landakot's Church), officially named Basilika Krists konungs (transl.

Its architect was Guðjón Samúelsson, who also designed Hallgrímskirkja, a Reykjavik landmark, and Akureyrarkirkja in Akureyri, North Iceland.

They bought the Landakot farmstead in Reykjavík and settled there in the early 19th century.

A few years later, a small wooden church was erected by Túngata, close to Landakot.

They decided to build a Neo-Gothic church and entrusted the task to the architect Guðjón Samúelsson.