Country-wide policy
Logheimili Is the Gate, and in May 2026 One Permit Was Cut Off From It by Name
Almost everything a person needs in Iceland hangs on one registration: the logheimili, the registered domicile kept by Registers Iceland under the Act on Domicile and Residence 80/2018. Health insurance counts three months of residence and the insurance agency looks first at the domicile register. The Income Tax Act decides who is domiciled for tax by reference to this Act. The Nationality Act defines resident here as having a logheimili, and counts the years from it. Marriage-based residence permits require spouses to have the same registered domicile. Section 14 of the Act then says who may have one: a person staying or intending to stay for work or study for three months or more may register, and anyone staying six months or more must. An EEA or EFTA national may stay three months without registering, six if seeking work. Anyone else intending to stay longer than three months needs a valid residence permit from the Directorate of Immigration before they can register at all - and article 23 of Act 37/2026 added a sentence excluding one permit from that: the short-term residence permit in section 21 of the Aliens Act, the one the remote-work route now runs on. Section 14 also names the instrument that governs a move of domicile to or from the other Nordic countries: the Nordic Agreement on Population Registration, as it stands from time to time.
Topics it changes
- Access to healthcare
- When you become a tax resident
- Becoming a citizen
- Residency through marriage
- Residency on passive income
- Residency under a regional treaty
What it requires
- Report in person at Registers Iceland or a police station, prove your identity with valid identity documents, and register the domicile
- For a non-EEA national staying more than three months: a valid residence permit issued by the Directorate of Immigration, and not a short-term residence permit
- A specific dwelling registered as residential property with an address
- Only one domicile in Iceland at a time, and none at all if you hold a domicile abroad
At a glance
- When you may register
- Staying or intending to stay three months or more for work or study
Section 14(1) of the Act on Domicile and Residence 80/2018.
- When you must
- Six months or more in the country
Section 14(1), second sentence. The first is a permission, the second an obligation, and the two periods are different.
- EEA and EFTA nationals
- Three months without registering, six if seeking work
Section 14(4). The same two figures appear in section 83 of the Aliens Act as the length of the right of residence.
- Everyone else
- A valid residence permit from the Directorate of Immigration is needed before a domicile can be registered
Section 14(4), third sentence.
- The permit that cannot register one
- The short-term residence permit in section 21 of the Aliens Act
Section 14(4), fourth sentence, added by article 23 of Act 37/2026. Section 21(3) of the Aliens Act says the same thing from the other side.
- When the registration takes effect
- From the day complete documents were presented to Registers Iceland
Section 14(3). The date is the day of the papers, not the day of the decision.
- Where your domicile is if you live in two places
- Where you spend most of the year; failing that, where your main employment is
Section 4(1) of the Act. Main employment means employment giving two thirds or more of annual income.
- Moving to or from another Nordic country
- Governed by the Nordic Agreement on Population Registration, as it stands from time to time
Section 14(6) of the Act, which names the instrument. The agreement itself was not read.
Why this is one rule and not five
Section 10 of the Health Insurance Act looks at the domicile register to decide whether someone is actually resident. Section 1(2) of the Income Tax Act says domicile for tax is decided by reference to the rules of this Act. Section 8(2) of the Nationality Act says fixed residence means a logheimili under this Act, and the seven years are counted from it. Section 70(7) of the Aliens Act requires spouses on a marriage permit to have the same one. Four different statutes administered by four different bodies all end at the same register, which is why a question about Icelandic residence usually turns out to be a question about this Act.
The sentence that makes the remote-work route a dead end
Act 37/2026 wrote the same rule into two statutes on the same day. Section 21(3) of the Aliens Act says a stay on the short-term residence permit cannot create a basis for a domicile under the Act on Domicile and Residence. Section 14(4) of that Act says the permission to register on the basis of a residence permit does not extend to the short-term one. Being said twice is not redundancy: it closes the route from both ends, so a holder cannot argue from either statute. Without a domicile there is no health insurance under section 10, no residence counting towards citizenship under section 8 of the Nationality Act, and no tax domicile under section 1 of the Income Tax Act.
The Nordic agreement, named
Finland's record notes that section 157(3) of its Aliens Act sends a Nordic citizen to register under what the Nordic countries have agreed about population registration, without naming the instrument, and that the agreement was not located. Section 14(6) of the Icelandic Act names it: the Nordic Agreement on Population Registration, as it stands from time to time. That is the name to search for, and it is a different agreement from the Nordic Convention on Social Security that Act 119/2013 prints in full. The population-registration agreement itself is not printed anywhere in the Icelandic statute book and was not read here.
What the law says
«Lögheimili er sá staður þar sem einstaklingur hefur fasta búsetu. Ekki er heimilt að eiga lögheimili á Íslandi á fleiri en einum stað í senn. Óheimilt er að eiga lögheimili á Íslandi eigi viðkomandi lögheimili erlendis.»Our translation - not official
A registered domicile is the place where an individual has a fixed residence. It is not permitted to hold a registered domicile in Iceland in more than one place at a time. It is not permitted to hold a registered domicile in Iceland if the person holds one abroad.
About this source
The consolidated collection of Icelandic Acts, published under section 9 of the Act on Stjornartidindi and the Legal Gazette 15/2005. The minister is responsible for publishing it and a three-member editorial board appointed for five years at a time oversees it, one member nominated by the Speaker of Althingi; it is hosted on the parliament's own site. Each edition carries a number and a date - the one read here is Utgafa 158a, Islensk log 1. oktober 2026 - and an Act is served at a pinned address of the form https://www.althingi.is/lagas/<edition>/<year><number>.html, with /lagas/nuna/ as an always-latest alias. Every Act's header prints the date it came into force and a Breytt med line naming every amending Act with its own commencement. Amending Acts are worked into the parent Act, new Acts are added and repealed Acts are removed at each update. Passages inserted or substituted by a later Act are printed inside square brackets with a numbered footnote naming the amending Act and section, and repealed provisions are printed as an ellipsis with the same kind of footnote, so the page shows what has gone as well as what is there. Treaties given the force of law are printed in full as schedules, which is how the EEA Agreement and the Nordic Convention on Social Security are readable in Icelandic inside the statute book. The parliament separately serves each Act as passed at https://www.althingi.is/altext/stjt/<year>.<number>.html.
Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: The lagasafn is a statutory consolidation and it is still subordinate to the gazette: section 9(1) of Act 15/2005 says that where the lagasafn text and the text published in Division A of Stjornartidindi diverge, the Stjornartidindi text governs. It must not be cited as the authentic text. It is a snapshot and not a running text - the Um lagasafn page says it is updated as a rule three times a year, at the start of the year, in spring and in autumn, with the edition numbered by legislative session and lettered a, b or c - so an Act passed since the edition date is simply not in it, and the site keeps a separate Nylega samthykkt log page for those. The square-bracket convention means a figure substituted by a later Act is printed inside brackets with a footnote marker beside it, so the number is in the collection but is not quotable as a clean sentence; the amending Act's own text has to be used instead. The collection publishes Acts only: regulations are at island.is/reglugerdir and are a different publisher. It says nothing about how an agency applies an Act - no subsistence amount, no fee, no processing time and no country list is in it.
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«Með fastri búsetu er átt við þann stað þar sem einstaklingur hefur bækistöð sína, dvelst að jafnaði í tómstundum sínum, hefur heimilismuni sína og er svefnstaður hans þegar hann er ekki fjarverandi um stundarsakir vegna náms, orlofs, vinnuferða, veikinda eða annarra hliðstæðra atvika.»Our translation - not official
Fixed residence means the place where an individual has his base, where he ordinarily spends his leisure time, where his household belongings are, and which is where he sleeps when he is not temporarily absent because of study, holiday, work travel, illness or other comparable circumstances.
About this source
The consolidated collection of Icelandic Acts, published under section 9 of the Act on Stjornartidindi and the Legal Gazette 15/2005. The minister is responsible for publishing it and a three-member editorial board appointed for five years at a time oversees it, one member nominated by the Speaker of Althingi; it is hosted on the parliament's own site. Each edition carries a number and a date - the one read here is Utgafa 158a, Islensk log 1. oktober 2026 - and an Act is served at a pinned address of the form https://www.althingi.is/lagas/<edition>/<year><number>.html, with /lagas/nuna/ as an always-latest alias. Every Act's header prints the date it came into force and a Breytt med line naming every amending Act with its own commencement. Amending Acts are worked into the parent Act, new Acts are added and repealed Acts are removed at each update. Passages inserted or substituted by a later Act are printed inside square brackets with a numbered footnote naming the amending Act and section, and repealed provisions are printed as an ellipsis with the same kind of footnote, so the page shows what has gone as well as what is there. Treaties given the force of law are printed in full as schedules, which is how the EEA Agreement and the Nordic Convention on Social Security are readable in Icelandic inside the statute book. The parliament separately serves each Act as passed at https://www.althingi.is/altext/stjt/<year>.<number>.html.
Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: The lagasafn is a statutory consolidation and it is still subordinate to the gazette: section 9(1) of Act 15/2005 says that where the lagasafn text and the text published in Division A of Stjornartidindi diverge, the Stjornartidindi text governs. It must not be cited as the authentic text. It is a snapshot and not a running text - the Um lagasafn page says it is updated as a rule three times a year, at the start of the year, in spring and in autumn, with the edition numbered by legislative session and lettered a, b or c - so an Act passed since the edition date is simply not in it, and the site keeps a separate Nylega samthykkt log page for those. The square-bracket convention means a figure substituted by a later Act is printed inside brackets with a footnote marker beside it, so the number is in the collection but is not quotable as a clean sentence; the amending Act's own text has to be used instead. The collection publishes Acts only: regulations are at island.is/reglugerdir and are a different publisher. It says nothing about how an agency applies an Act - no subsistence amount, no fee, no processing time and no country list is in it.
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«Sá sem dvelst eða ætlar að dveljast á Íslandi vegna atvinnu eða náms í þrjá mánuði eða lengur má skrá lögheimili hér. Dveljist einstaklingur í landinu í sex mánuði eða lengur skal hann eiga hér lögheimili samkvæmt því sem mælt er fyrir um í lögum þessum.»Our translation - not official
A person who stays, or intends to stay, in Iceland for work or study for three months or more may register a domicile here. If an individual stays in the country for six months or more, he shall have a domicile here as provided in this Act.
About this source
The consolidated collection of Icelandic Acts, published under section 9 of the Act on Stjornartidindi and the Legal Gazette 15/2005. The minister is responsible for publishing it and a three-member editorial board appointed for five years at a time oversees it, one member nominated by the Speaker of Althingi; it is hosted on the parliament's own site. Each edition carries a number and a date - the one read here is Utgafa 158a, Islensk log 1. oktober 2026 - and an Act is served at a pinned address of the form https://www.althingi.is/lagas/<edition>/<year><number>.html, with /lagas/nuna/ as an always-latest alias. Every Act's header prints the date it came into force and a Breytt med line naming every amending Act with its own commencement. Amending Acts are worked into the parent Act, new Acts are added and repealed Acts are removed at each update. Passages inserted or substituted by a later Act are printed inside square brackets with a numbered footnote naming the amending Act and section, and repealed provisions are printed as an ellipsis with the same kind of footnote, so the page shows what has gone as well as what is there. Treaties given the force of law are printed in full as schedules, which is how the EEA Agreement and the Nordic Convention on Social Security are readable in Icelandic inside the statute book. The parliament separately serves each Act as passed at https://www.althingi.is/altext/stjt/<year>.<number>.html.
Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: The lagasafn is a statutory consolidation and it is still subordinate to the gazette: section 9(1) of Act 15/2005 says that where the lagasafn text and the text published in Division A of Stjornartidindi diverge, the Stjornartidindi text governs. It must not be cited as the authentic text. It is a snapshot and not a running text - the Um lagasafn page says it is updated as a rule three times a year, at the start of the year, in spring and in autumn, with the edition numbered by legislative session and lettered a, b or c - so an Act passed since the edition date is simply not in it, and the site keeps a separate Nylega samthykkt log page for those. The square-bracket convention means a figure substituted by a later Act is printed inside brackets with a footnote marker beside it, so the number is in the collection but is not quotable as a clean sentence; the amending Act's own text has to be used instead. The collection publishes Acts only: regulations are at island.is/reglugerdir and are a different publisher. It says nothing about how an agency applies an Act - no subsistence amount, no fee, no processing time and no country list is in it.
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«Ríkisborgurum í aðildarríkjum samningsins um Evrópska efnahagssvæðið eða stofnsamnings Fríverslunarsamtaka Evrópu er heimilt að dvelja hér á landi án skráningar lögheimilis í allt að þrjá mánuði. Sé sýnt fram á að dvöl hér á landi er vegna atvinnuleitar er þeim heimilt að dvelja hér á landi í allt að sex mánuði án skráningar.»Our translation - not official
Nationals of states party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area or to the Convention establishing the European Free Trade Association may stay in this country without registering a domicile for up to three months. Where it is shown that the stay here is for the purpose of seeking work, they may stay for up to six months without registering.
About this source
The consolidated collection of Icelandic Acts, published under section 9 of the Act on Stjornartidindi and the Legal Gazette 15/2005. The minister is responsible for publishing it and a three-member editorial board appointed for five years at a time oversees it, one member nominated by the Speaker of Althingi; it is hosted on the parliament's own site. Each edition carries a number and a date - the one read here is Utgafa 158a, Islensk log 1. oktober 2026 - and an Act is served at a pinned address of the form https://www.althingi.is/lagas/<edition>/<year><number>.html, with /lagas/nuna/ as an always-latest alias. Every Act's header prints the date it came into force and a Breytt med line naming every amending Act with its own commencement. Amending Acts are worked into the parent Act, new Acts are added and repealed Acts are removed at each update. Passages inserted or substituted by a later Act are printed inside square brackets with a numbered footnote naming the amending Act and section, and repealed provisions are printed as an ellipsis with the same kind of footnote, so the page shows what has gone as well as what is there. Treaties given the force of law are printed in full as schedules, which is how the EEA Agreement and the Nordic Convention on Social Security are readable in Icelandic inside the statute book. The parliament separately serves each Act as passed at https://www.althingi.is/altext/stjt/<year>.<number>.html.
Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: The lagasafn is a statutory consolidation and it is still subordinate to the gazette: section 9(1) of Act 15/2005 says that where the lagasafn text and the text published in Division A of Stjornartidindi diverge, the Stjornartidindi text governs. It must not be cited as the authentic text. It is a snapshot and not a running text - the Um lagasafn page says it is updated as a rule three times a year, at the start of the year, in spring and in autumn, with the edition numbered by legislative session and lettered a, b or c - so an Act passed since the edition date is simply not in it, and the site keeps a separate Nylega samthykkt log page for those. The square-bracket convention means a figure substituted by a later Act is printed inside brackets with a footnote marker beside it, so the number is in the collection but is not quotable as a clean sentence; the amending Act's own text has to be used instead. The collection publishes Acts only: regulations are at island.is/reglugerdir and are a different publisher. It says nothing about how an agency applies an Act - no subsistence amount, no fee, no processing time and no country list is in it.
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«Ríkisborgarar sem ekki eru frá aðildarríki samningsins um Evrópska efnahagssvæðið eða stofnsamnings Fríverslunarsamtaka Evrópu og hyggjast dvelja hér á landi lengur en þrjá mánuði þurfa að hafa gilt dvalarleyfi útgefið af Útlendingastofnun til þess að vera heimilt að skrá lögheimili sitt hér á landi.»Our translation - not official
Nationals who are not from a state party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area or to the Convention establishing the European Free Trade Association and who intend to stay in this country for longer than three months must hold a valid residence permit issued by the Directorate of Immigration in order to be permitted to register their domicile here.
About this source
The consolidated collection of Icelandic Acts, published under section 9 of the Act on Stjornartidindi and the Legal Gazette 15/2005. The minister is responsible for publishing it and a three-member editorial board appointed for five years at a time oversees it, one member nominated by the Speaker of Althingi; it is hosted on the parliament's own site. Each edition carries a number and a date - the one read here is Utgafa 158a, Islensk log 1. oktober 2026 - and an Act is served at a pinned address of the form https://www.althingi.is/lagas/<edition>/<year><number>.html, with /lagas/nuna/ as an always-latest alias. Every Act's header prints the date it came into force and a Breytt med line naming every amending Act with its own commencement. Amending Acts are worked into the parent Act, new Acts are added and repealed Acts are removed at each update. Passages inserted or substituted by a later Act are printed inside square brackets with a numbered footnote naming the amending Act and section, and repealed provisions are printed as an ellipsis with the same kind of footnote, so the page shows what has gone as well as what is there. Treaties given the force of law are printed in full as schedules, which is how the EEA Agreement and the Nordic Convention on Social Security are readable in Icelandic inside the statute book. The parliament separately serves each Act as passed at https://www.althingi.is/altext/stjt/<year>.<number>.html.
Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: The lagasafn is a statutory consolidation and it is still subordinate to the gazette: section 9(1) of Act 15/2005 says that where the lagasafn text and the text published in Division A of Stjornartidindi diverge, the Stjornartidindi text governs. It must not be cited as the authentic text. It is a snapshot and not a running text - the Um lagasafn page says it is updated as a rule three times a year, at the start of the year, in spring and in autumn, with the edition numbered by legislative session and lettered a, b or c - so an Act passed since the edition date is simply not in it, and the site keeps a separate Nylega samthykkt log page for those. The square-bracket convention means a figure substituted by a later Act is printed inside brackets with a footnote marker beside it, so the number is in the collection but is not quotable as a clean sentence; the amending Act's own text has to be used instead. The collection publishes Acts only: regulations are at island.is/reglugerdir and are a different publisher. It says nothing about how an agency applies an Act - no subsistence amount, no fee, no processing time and no country list is in it.
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«Heimild til skráningar lögheimilis á grundvelli útgefins dvalarleyfis nær þó ekki til skammtímadvalarleyfis, sbr. 21. gr. laga um útlendinga.»Our translation - not official
The permission to register a domicile on the basis of an issued residence permit does not, however, extend to the short-term residence permit under section 21 of the Aliens Act.
Added by article 23 of Act 37/2026, in force 12 May 2026.
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The consolidated collection of Icelandic Acts, published under section 9 of the Act on Stjornartidindi and the Legal Gazette 15/2005. The minister is responsible for publishing it and a three-member editorial board appointed for five years at a time oversees it, one member nominated by the Speaker of Althingi; it is hosted on the parliament's own site. Each edition carries a number and a date - the one read here is Utgafa 158a, Islensk log 1. oktober 2026 - and an Act is served at a pinned address of the form https://www.althingi.is/lagas/<edition>/<year><number>.html, with /lagas/nuna/ as an always-latest alias. Every Act's header prints the date it came into force and a Breytt med line naming every amending Act with its own commencement. Amending Acts are worked into the parent Act, new Acts are added and repealed Acts are removed at each update. Passages inserted or substituted by a later Act are printed inside square brackets with a numbered footnote naming the amending Act and section, and repealed provisions are printed as an ellipsis with the same kind of footnote, so the page shows what has gone as well as what is there. Treaties given the force of law are printed in full as schedules, which is how the EEA Agreement and the Nordic Convention on Social Security are readable in Icelandic inside the statute book. The parliament separately serves each Act as passed at https://www.althingi.is/altext/stjt/<year>.<number>.html.
Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: The lagasafn is a statutory consolidation and it is still subordinate to the gazette: section 9(1) of Act 15/2005 says that where the lagasafn text and the text published in Division A of Stjornartidindi diverge, the Stjornartidindi text governs. It must not be cited as the authentic text. It is a snapshot and not a running text - the Um lagasafn page says it is updated as a rule three times a year, at the start of the year, in spring and in autumn, with the edition numbered by legislative session and lettered a, b or c - so an Act passed since the edition date is simply not in it, and the site keeps a separate Nylega samthykkt log page for those. The square-bracket convention means a figure substituted by a later Act is printed inside brackets with a footnote marker beside it, so the number is in the collection but is not quotable as a clean sentence; the amending Act's own text has to be used instead. The collection publishes Acts only: regulations are at island.is/reglugerdir and are a different publisher. It says nothing about how an agency applies an Act - no subsistence amount, no fee, no processing time and no country list is in it.
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«Um flutning manns á lögheimili sínu hingað til lands frá einhverju Norðurlandanna eða flutning manns á lögheimili sínu héðan til einhvers Norðurlandanna gildir Norðurlandasamningur um almannaskráningu eins og hann er á hverjum tíma.»Our translation - not official
The transfer of a person's domicile to this country from one of the Nordic countries, or from here to one of the Nordic countries, is governed by the Nordic Agreement on Population Registration as it stands from time to time.
About this source
The consolidated collection of Icelandic Acts, published under section 9 of the Act on Stjornartidindi and the Legal Gazette 15/2005. The minister is responsible for publishing it and a three-member editorial board appointed for five years at a time oversees it, one member nominated by the Speaker of Althingi; it is hosted on the parliament's own site. Each edition carries a number and a date - the one read here is Utgafa 158a, Islensk log 1. oktober 2026 - and an Act is served at a pinned address of the form https://www.althingi.is/lagas/<edition>/<year><number>.html, with /lagas/nuna/ as an always-latest alias. Every Act's header prints the date it came into force and a Breytt med line naming every amending Act with its own commencement. Amending Acts are worked into the parent Act, new Acts are added and repealed Acts are removed at each update. Passages inserted or substituted by a later Act are printed inside square brackets with a numbered footnote naming the amending Act and section, and repealed provisions are printed as an ellipsis with the same kind of footnote, so the page shows what has gone as well as what is there. Treaties given the force of law are printed in full as schedules, which is how the EEA Agreement and the Nordic Convention on Social Security are readable in Icelandic inside the statute book. The parliament separately serves each Act as passed at https://www.althingi.is/altext/stjt/<year>.<number>.html.
Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: The lagasafn is a statutory consolidation and it is still subordinate to the gazette: section 9(1) of Act 15/2005 says that where the lagasafn text and the text published in Division A of Stjornartidindi diverge, the Stjornartidindi text governs. It must not be cited as the authentic text. It is a snapshot and not a running text - the Um lagasafn page says it is updated as a rule three times a year, at the start of the year, in spring and in autumn, with the edition numbered by legislative session and lettered a, b or c - so an Act passed since the edition date is simply not in it, and the site keeps a separate Nylega samthykkt log page for those. The square-bracket convention means a figure substituted by a later Act is printed inside brackets with a footnote marker beside it, so the number is in the collection but is not quotable as a clean sentence; the amending Act's own text has to be used instead. The collection publishes Acts only: regulations are at island.is/reglugerdir and are a different publisher. It says nothing about how an agency applies an Act - no subsistence amount, no fee, no processing time and no country list is in it.
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«Um er að ræða aðalatvinnu þegar hún gefur tvo þriðju hluta af árstekjum eða meira.»Our translation - not official
Employment counts as main employment where it gives two thirds or more of annual income.
About this source
The consolidated collection of Icelandic Acts, published under section 9 of the Act on Stjornartidindi and the Legal Gazette 15/2005. The minister is responsible for publishing it and a three-member editorial board appointed for five years at a time oversees it, one member nominated by the Speaker of Althingi; it is hosted on the parliament's own site. Each edition carries a number and a date - the one read here is Utgafa 158a, Islensk log 1. oktober 2026 - and an Act is served at a pinned address of the form https://www.althingi.is/lagas/<edition>/<year><number>.html, with /lagas/nuna/ as an always-latest alias. Every Act's header prints the date it came into force and a Breytt med line naming every amending Act with its own commencement. Amending Acts are worked into the parent Act, new Acts are added and repealed Acts are removed at each update. Passages inserted or substituted by a later Act are printed inside square brackets with a numbered footnote naming the amending Act and section, and repealed provisions are printed as an ellipsis with the same kind of footnote, so the page shows what has gone as well as what is there. Treaties given the force of law are printed in full as schedules, which is how the EEA Agreement and the Nordic Convention on Social Security are readable in Icelandic inside the statute book. The parliament separately serves each Act as passed at https://www.althingi.is/altext/stjt/<year>.<number>.html.
Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: The lagasafn is a statutory consolidation and it is still subordinate to the gazette: section 9(1) of Act 15/2005 says that where the lagasafn text and the text published in Division A of Stjornartidindi diverge, the Stjornartidindi text governs. It must not be cited as the authentic text. It is a snapshot and not a running text - the Um lagasafn page says it is updated as a rule three times a year, at the start of the year, in spring and in autumn, with the edition numbered by legislative session and lettered a, b or c - so an Act passed since the edition date is simply not in it, and the site keeps a separate Nylega samthykkt log page for those. The square-bracket convention means a figure substituted by a later Act is printed inside brackets with a footnote marker beside it, so the number is in the collection but is not quotable as a clean sentence; the amending Act's own text has to be used instead. The collection publishes Acts only: regulations are at island.is/reglugerdir and are a different publisher. It says nothing about how an agency applies an Act - no subsistence amount, no fee, no processing time and no country list is in it.
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Practical notes
The Nordic Agreement on Population Registration is named in section 14(6) and not reproduced. Nothing in this record rests on its text.
Registration of an adsetur, a temporary residence, is a separate thing from a logheimili and is dealt with in sections 8 to 11. It was not read in detail.
Nothing published by Thjodskra Islands was read. What the agency asks for at the counter beyond valid identity documents is not established here.
Section 7 provides for a concealed domicile and section 17 for penalties. Neither was read for this record.