Iceland remains in 5th place in UN survey

Iceland holds fifth place in a survey of digital public services and infrastructure in UN member states.

The review is intended to compare how countries are doing with regard to user-friendly digital services, digital infrastructure, and competence and how well countries use information technology to make services accessible to individuals and businesses. The survey can therefore be used to learn from the good practices and thus influence digital services policy.

The results of another European survey, the EU eGovernment Benchmark, give the same indication, where Iceland ranks 4th according to the last results.

Read more about the UN survey

Read more about the EU’s poll

Read a news article on Ísland.is about the review

Are you the next editor of Ísland.is?

The Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs is looking for a strong and ambitious editor to lead the strategy of the presentation of content on Ísland.is, develop the content and accessibility policy of Ísland.is and thus support the transformation of digital public services.

Apply for the job of Ísland.is editor

Benefits of digital processes

Digital Iceland has developed a methodology for evaluating the benefits of digital processes. The benefits vary and it can be difficult to put financial measures on improved service.

Try out the digital process assessment

All about the general elections on kosning.is

The National Election Commission has in collaboration with Digital Iceland moved all information regarding elections to Ísland.is as well as a number of digital solutions that make the rounds around elections both simpler to process and safer.

Read more about the general elections

New in the Ísland.is app

Health has taken the first steps onto the Ísland.is app. In this first version of Health in the Ísland.is app, you can now access information about health care, the general practitioner, and payment participation in a simple way.

Read more about the Ísland.is app

Mandates in paper form

You can give others access to your data through the Ísland.is authorisation system. It is called granting others a mandate. The person who receives the mandate can access data on behalf of the mandate provider.

Read more about authentication to Ísland.is

Digital citizenship application

Foreign nationals 18 years of age and older can apply for Icelandic citizenship digitally for themselves and their children under the age of 18 in one application.

Read more about the application

Welcome to the Nordic Council Session

The information page for the Nordic Council Session can be found on Ísland.is. The project is classified as a project website comparable to Grindavík. The opening of the page is part of a larger project where the police are working on moving their website entirely to Ísland.is.

Check out the Nordic Council Session information page

Welcome to Sjónstöð

Welcome to Sjónstöðin on Ísland.is, which will provide the Icelandic community with grants and support when it comes to accessibility issues.

Sjónstöðin website

Among the projects of Digital Iceland:

My pages Ísland.is

• Prescriptions and Pharmaco history

• Status on a waiting list

• Law and Order - my data from the judicial system

Applications on Ísland.is

• Acknowledgement of school attendance (primary school)

• Changing the primary school

• Revocation of old-age pension

• Registration of a lease

• Application for housing benefit

• Application for a higher education degree

• Reporting of work accidents

• Application for a name certificate

• Reporting an online crime

Websites in process:

• The District Court

• The Icelandic Data Protection Authority

• Directorate of Labour

• District Prosecutor

• National Planning Agency

• The police

• Civil Protection

• Landspítali National University Hospital

The Digital Iceland Proxy System - in progress:

• Specific type of power of attorney for guardians of children aged 16 and under

• Power of attorney for CEO's