• Capital: Reykjavík

  • Official language: Icelandic

  • Currency: Icelandic Krona (ISK)

  • Rate of exchange - See Central Bank exchange rates

  • Time zone: UTC + 0 (no daylight adjustment)

  • National website suffix: .is

  • Country telephone number: +354

  • Population: 325.000

  • National Anthem: Lofsöngur

  • Political: Democratic with a congressional government

  • President: Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson

  • Prime minister: Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson

  • Governance : Government and municipalities

  • Municipalities: 74

  • Iceland is a member state of the European Economic Area (EEA), North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Nordic Council.

  • Iceland was once a part of the Danish kingdom and gained full independence on the 17th of June 1944, becoming the Republic of Iceland. In 1904, Iceland was granted home rule from Denmark and in 1918 it became a fully sovereign state under the Danish king. Before Iceland was ruled by Denmark it was part of the Norwegian kingdom.