List Of Forests In Iceland
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

This is a list of forests in Iceland. There are currently 26 forests under the management of the Icelandic Forest Service. Those forests are classified as
national forests A state forest or national forest is a forest that is administered or protected by some agency of a sovereign state, sovereign or federated state, or territory (country subdivision), territory. Background The precise application of the terms va ...
in accordance with the Forests and Forestry Act No. 33/2019. National forests may be privately owned but must be managed by the IFS or entities contracted by the IFS, such as individuals, municipalities or legal persons. Contracts between the IFS and private entities granting national forest classification must have a duration of at least 40 years.


List

* Akurgerði * Arnaldsstaðaskógur (national forest) * Álfholtsskógur * Ásabrekka * Ásbyrgi (national forest) * Brynjudalsskógur * Bæjarstaðaskógur * Daníelslundur * Einkunnir * Elliðaárdalur * Eyjólfsstaðaskógur * Fossá * Furulundurinn (national forest) * Gaddstaðaflatir * Grundarreitur (national forest) * Guðmundarlundur * Gunnfríðarstaðaskógur *
Hallormsstaðaskógur Hallormsstaður National Forest () or Hallormsstaðaskógur is located in Fljótsdalur east Iceland, about 25 kilometers inland from the town of Egilsstaðir. It is one of the larger forests in Iceland, covering 740 hectares (ha), and ...
(national forest) *Hamrahlíð *Haukadalsskógur (national forest) *Haukadalur *Hálsaskógur *Hánefsstaðir *Heiðmörk *Hellisskógur *Hofsstaðaskógur *Hrútey *Höfðaskógur *Jafnaskarðsskógur (national forest) *Jórvíkurskógur (national forest) *Kirkjubæjarklaustur *Kirkjuhvammur *Kjarnaskógur *Kristnesskógur (national forest) *Laugalandsskógur *Laugarvatnsskógur (national forest) *Lágafell *Leyningshólar *Mela- og Skuggabjargaskógur (national forest) *Mógilsá (national forest) *Múlakot (national forest) *Norðurtunguskógur (national forest) *Rauðavatn *Reykholtsskógur *Reykjarhólsskógur (national forest) *Selskógur (national forest) *Sigríðarstaðaskógur (national forest) *Skarðsdalur *Skógarhlíð *Skógarreitur (national forest) *Snæfoksstaðir *Sólbrekkuskógur *Stálpastaðaskógur (national forest) *Svartiskógur *Tröð *Tumastaðir (national forest) *Tunguskógur *Vaðlaskógur *Vaglaskógur (national forest) *Vaglir (national forest) *Vatnshornsskógur (national forest) *Vinaskógur *Vífilsstaðavatn *Völvuskógur *Þjórsárdalur (national forest) *Þórðarstaðaskógur (national forest) *Þórsmörk (national forest) *Öskjuhlíð


See also

* Icelandic Forest Service


References


External links


Icelandic Forest Service

Icelandic Forest Service
{{Europe in topic, List of forests in , countries_only=yes Iceland geography-related lists, Forests Forests of Iceland, Forests of Iceland Lists of forests, Iceland