Our goal at Akureyri Hospital is to ensure coordinated, professional, and targeted rehabilitation and geriatric medicine services for our patients.

The latest activity figures from the SAk. Monthly activity figures for the hospital are published and more detailed information can be found in an attached document.

Réttarvörslugáttin portal won the Innovation Prize 2025, awarded by the Icelandic Financial Management Authority for excellence in public innovation. The Judical Administration has worked on the project with the courts in close cooperation with the Ministry of Justice.

The Minister of Justice has appointed Guðrún Sesselja Arnardóttir as a district court judge with the first position at the District Court of Reykjavík, as of 1 September 2023.

A recent publication in the prestigious journal Science of The Total Environment details a study demonstrating the significant potential of birch woodland restoration for erosion control and soil carbon sequestration in Iceland.

Land and Forest Iceland has now opened for applications to the Land Reform Fund. The application deadline is 1 February.

Land reclamation in Þorlákshöfn has transformed sand-driven wasteland into stable ecosystems through decades of coordinated efforts. Using vegetation, fertilisation, and coastal defences, the project continues to enhance biodiversity, support sustainable land use, and create opportunities linked to circular economy initiatives.

Fourteen team leaders have been appointed across the divisions of Land and Forest Iceland. The role of the team leaders is to oversee specific focus areas within each division and to strengthen professional leadership across the agency. This new structure promotes greater delegation of authority, stronger connections between staff and management, and increased opportunities for employees to influence the progress of projects and initiatives.

The short eruption has now been completed but the seismicity is still measured in the area but is decreasing.

Joint Committee on Public Works has approved construction works for the expansion and renovation of hospital and primary care facilities at Heilbrigðisstofnun Suðurlands (HSU) in Selfoss. A new extension of just over 5,200 square meters will be built to meet increased space requirements, alongside major renovations and reorganization of most of the institution’s older buildings.