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Pollution Prevention The government plays an important role in ensuring healthy living conditions in Iceland, in part by adopting laws and rules on reference limits for pollution, pollution control, ...

National Parks and Other Protected Areas Iceland is full of unique natural features. The geologically young island sits on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge tectonic plate, which separates the Eurasian and the ...

Forestry One of the first things most travellers to Iceland notice is the scarcity of forests in the landscape. Forests and woodlands cover around 1.9% of the country. The main objective of Iceland's...

Climate Change Iceland aims to achieve carbon neutrality before 2040 and to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 40% by 2030 under the Paris Agreement. A Climate Action Plan, updated in 2020, contains 48 ...

Biological Diversity Protection of biological diversity in Iceland aims at strengthening and preserving for the future those species which have from its earliest days created Icelandic nature and hav...

Air Quality Air quality is generally considered good in Iceland, even though some pollutants exceed the reference limits several times each year. The weather is one of the main causes of pollutants e...

Recognition of Professional Qualifications Individuals who have studied abroad have the possibility of having their qualifications recognized in Iceland. If the purpose of recognition is to prepare f...

Licence Applications The is responsible for issuing teaching licences. The Act on the education, competency and recruitment of teachers and administrators of preschools, compulsory schools and upper ...

Curriculum - The Icelandic national curriculum guide for preschools : 2012 Aðalnámskrá leikskóla á ensku - The Icelandic national curriculum guide for compulsory schools - with Subjects Areas Aðalnám...

Adult Education Adult education is aimed at providing adults who have limited formal schooling suitable educational opportunities and facilitating their renewed study, as provided for in Act No. 27/2...

Tax treatment of royalties Effective 1 January 2020, royalty payments to authors/creators and/or other individuals who are rights holders of copyrights in connection with subsequent use of created wo...

Monetary Policy Financial stability should be prioritised over price stability Primary recommendations: Financial stability shall take priority over price stability if conditions develop such that th...

Financial Stability Council The Financial Stability Council is a formal co-operation forum of public authorities for financial stability. The Council serves as venue for consultation, exchange of inf...

Progress of plans to remove capital controls The Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs has, as provided for in Act No. 16/2013 of the Icelandic parliament Althingi, published a report on the progr...

Economic affairs and economic outlook The Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs handles matters which concern the country's economic management. This implies responsibility for drafting economic p...

Tax treaties Iceland has signed DTA agreements with 44 states and also signed other agreements regarding tax matters, i.e. information exchange agreements and on administrative assistance.Information...

Lotteries Lotteries can only be operated by permission of a District Commissioner, and for the purpose of raising funds for public benefit in Iceland. Special rules apply to lotteries with cash prize...

Health and hygiene Health and hygiene are factors inherent in practically all aspects of our daily lives, such as the effects on our health of the housing we dwell in, general hygiene, indoor air qua...

Chemicals It is important to ensure that use of chemicals and chemical products does not threaten human or animal health or the environment, and that consumers receive satisfactory information on che...

Fisheries in Iceland Here you can find basic information on how Iceland makes an effort in making responsible use of its living marine resources. Besides providing information its aim is to support I...