Statistics on smoking and tobacco use

Stepchild Adoption - General Information

In a first phase, communication with applicants for Icelandic citizenship will be digital

The Public Health Watch is a monthly monitoring of some of the main determinants of health and well-being.

The Icelandic parliament, Althingi, passed a law which will enter into force on 1st of September, that stipulate that vessels will be allocated catch shares in lumpfish.

In anticipation of the conclusion of the Appeals Board in the case of Intuens Segulómunar v. Iceland Health, Iceland Health would like to reassure you that the offer of imaging services has already begun.

Our office will be closed from 22nd of July but we will return to work on 6 August.

The Directorate of Health publishes annual figures on suicides as recorded in the Causes of Death Register.

An unusual number of reports of digestive symptoms were submitted to the Reykjavík Public Health Authority and the Chief Epidemiologist, following the weekend of 8-9. July 2023. Furthermore, there was also a lot of discussion about such illnesses on social media.

Key healthcare performance indicators provide evidence of certain key aspects of healthcare in Iceland and how it compares to neighboring countries.