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Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...
are state controlled organisations who act independently to carry out the policies of the Icelandic government.


Parliament In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: representing the electorate, making laws, and overseeing the government via hearings and inquiries. Th ...


Agencies

* Althing Ombudsman (''Umboðsmaður Alþingis'') * Icelandic National Audit Office (''Ríkisendurskoðun'')


Committees

*Electoral Commission (''Landskjörstjórn'')


Prime Minister's Office


Agencies

*Office of the Attorney General (''Ríkislögmaður'') *Office of the Ombudsman for Children (''Umboðsmaður barna'') * Thingvellir National Park (''Þjóðgarðurinn á Þingvöllum'')


Ministry of Education, Science and Culture


Agencies

*Archaeological Heritage Agency of Iceland (''Fornleifavernd ríkisins'') * National Archives of Iceland (''Þjóðskjalasafn Íslands'')


Education

*'' Playschools'' *''
Primary schools A primary school (in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and South Africa), junior school (in Australia), elementary school or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary ed ...
'' *'' Gymnasia'' *'' Further education institutions'' *'' Universities in Iceland'' *''
Music schools A music school is an educational institution specialized in the study, training, and research of music. Such an institution can also be known as a school of music, music academy, music faculty, college of music, music department (of a larger ins ...
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Science

*'' Scientific research institutions''


Culture

*'' County archives'' *''
Libraries A library is a collection of Document, materials, books or media that are accessible for use and not just for display purposes. A library provides physical (hard copies) or electronic media, digital access (soft copies) materials, and may be a ...
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Museums A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ...
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Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources


Agencies

* Icelandic Meteorological Office (''Veðurstofa Íslands'') *Environment Agency of Iceland (''Umhverfisstofnun'') *Iceland Construction Authority (''Mannvirkjastofnun'') *Iceland Forest Service (''Skógrækt ríkisins'') *Iceland GeoSurvey (''Íslenskar orkurannsóknir'') *Icelandic Institute of Natural History (''Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands'') *Icelandic National Planning Agency (''Skipulagsstofnun'') *Icelandic Recycling Fund (''Úrvinnslusjóður'') *Institute of Freshwater Fisheries (''Veiðimálastofnun'') *Myvatn Research Station (''Náttúrurannsóknastöðin við Mývatn'') *National Land Survey of Iceland (''Landmælingar Íslands'') *State Soil Conservation Service (''Landgræðsla ríkisins'') *Stefansson Arctic Institute (''Stofnun Vilhjálms Stefánssonar'') *Vatnajökull National (''Vatnajökulsþjóðgarður'')


Ministry for Foreign Affairs In many countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the government department responsible for the state's diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral relations affairs as well as for providing support for a country's citizens who are abroad. The entit ...


Agencies

*Icelandic International Development Agency (''Þróunarsamvinnustofnun Íslands'')


Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs


Agencies

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Central Bank of Iceland The Central Bank of Iceland ( is, Seðlabanki Íslands) is the central bank or reserve bank of Iceland. It has served in this capacity since 1961, when it was created by an act of the Alþingi out of the central banking department of Landsbank ...
(''Seðlabanki Íslands'') * Directorate of Customs (''Tollstjóri'') *Directorate of Internal Revenue (''Ríkisskattstjóri'') *Government Construction Contracting Agency (''Framkvæmdasýsla ríkisins'') *Government Real Estate Agency (''Fasteignir ríkissjóðs'') *Icelandic State Financial Investments (''Bankasýsla ríkisins'') * State Alcohol and Tobacco Company of Iceland (''Áfengis- og tóbaksverslun ríkisins'') *State Financial Management (''Fjársýsla ríkisins'') *State Trading Centre (''Ríkiskaup'') * Statistics Iceland (''Hagstofa Íslands'') *Taxation Reassessment Committee (''Yfirskattanefnd'')


Ministry of Industries and Innovation


Agencies

*Central Bureau of Applied Research (''Skrifstofa rannsóknastofnana atvinnuveganna'') *Directorate of Fisheries (''Fiskistofa'') * Financial Supervisory Authority (''Fjármálaeftirlit'') *Freshfish Price Directorate (''Verðlagsstofa skiptaverðs'') *Icelandic Competition Authority (''Samkeppniseftirlitið'') *Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority (''Matvælastofnun'') *Icelandic Patent Office (''Einkaleyfastofan'') *Icelandic Regional Development Institute (''Byggðastofnun'') *
Icelandic Tourist Board Tourism in Iceland has grown considerably in economic significance in the past 15 years. As of 2016, the tourism industry is estimated to contribute about 10 percent to the Icelandic GDP; the number of foreign visitors exceeded 2,000,000 for the ...
(''Ferðamálastofa'') *Innovation Center Iceland (''Nýsköpunarmiðstöð Íslands'') *Marine Research Institute (''Hafrannsóknastofnunin'') *National Energy Authority (''Orkustofnun'') *NSA Ventures (''Nýsköpunarsjóður atvinnulífsins'')


Government-owned corporations

*Matis (''Matís ohf.'')


Ministry of the Interior An interior ministry (sometimes called a ministry of internal affairs or ministry of home affairs) is a government department that is responsible for internal affairs. Lists of current ministries of internal affairs Named "ministry" * Ministr ...


Agencies

*Bishop's Office (''Biskupsstofa'') *'' Courts in Iceland'' * Icelandic Civil Aviation Administration (''Flugmálastjórn Íslands'') *
Police The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state, with the aim to enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers include arrest and th ...
(''Lögregla'') *State Directory of Prisons (''Fangelsismálastofnun ríkisins'') * Sýslumenn * Icelandic Road and Coastal Administration (''Vegagerðin'')


Government-owned corporations

* Isavia ohf. * Neyðarlínan ohf.


Ministry of Welfare


Agencies

*Government Agency for Child Protection (''Barnaverndarstofa'') *Directorate of Health (''Embætti landlæknis'') *Multicultural Centre (''Fjölmenningarsetur'') *Icelandic Radiation Safety Authority (''Geislavarnir ríkisins'') *State Diagnostic and Counselling Centre (''Greiningar- og ráðgjafarstöð ríkisins'') *'' Health institutions'' *Dalvík Health Centre (''Heilsugæslustöðin Dalvík'') *''
Clinic A clinic (or outpatient clinic or ambulatory care clinic) is a health facility that is primarily focused on the care of outpatients. Clinics can be privately operated or publicly managed and funded. They typically cover the primary care needs ...
s'' *National Hearing and Speech Institute of Iceland (''Heyrnar- og talmeinastöð Íslands'') *Housing Financing Fund (''Íbúðalánasjóður'') *Centre for Gender Equality (''Jafnréttisstofa'') * National University Hospital of Iceland (''Landspítali – háskólasjúkrahús'') *Medication Payment Committee (''Lyfjagreiðslunefnd'') *Icelandic Medicines Agency (''Lyfjastofnun'') *State Mediator (''Ríkissáttasemjari'') *Akureyri Hospital (''Sjúkrahúsið á Akureyri'') *Icelandic Health Insurance (''Sjúkratryggingar Íslands'') *Social Insurance Administration (''Tryggingastofnun ríkisins'') *Debtors' Ombudsman (''Umboðsmaður skuldara'') *Administration of Occupational Safety and Health (''Vinnueftirlit ríkisins'') *Directorate of Labour (''Vinnumálastofnun'') *National Bioethics Committee (''Vísindasiðanefnd'') *National Institute for the Blind, Visually Impaired and Deafblind (''Þjónustu- og þekkingarmiðstöð fyrir blinda, sjónskerta og daufblinda einstaklinga'') *''
Nursing home A nursing home is a facility for the residential care of elderly or disabled people. Nursing homes may also be referred to as skilled nursing facility (SNF) or long-term care facilities. Often, these terms have slightly different meanings to i ...
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See also

* List of Icelandic ministries * Government agencies in Norway * Government agencies in Sweden {{Iceland topics
Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...
Lists of organizations based in Iceland