# Iceland

- **Record type**: Jurisdiction profile
- **Short name**: Iceland
- **ISO code**: IS
- **Type**: country
- **Region**: Europe / Northern Europe

## In brief

Iceland has 1 recorded AI policy instrument, none of them binding. EU AI Act to be incorporated via the EEA; AI policy (2021) and action plan 2024–2026 as policy. Regulators include Háskóla-, iðnaðar- og nýsköpunarráðuneytið (Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation), Persónuvernd. Iceland, an EEA member, will incorporate the EU AI Act through the EEA Agreement.

## Overview

Iceland, an EEA member, will incorporate the EU AI Act through the EEA Agreement. The government adopted an AI policy in 2021 and an AI action plan for 2024–2026 focused on public services, the Icelandic language, skills and ethics; the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation leads.

## Regulatory status

EU AI Act to be incorporated via the EEA; AI policy (2021) and action plan 2024–2026 as policy.

## What is binding and what is guidance

Binding: none recorded. Strategy or guidance: AI action plan 2024–2026.

## Regulators

- Háskóla-, iðnaðar- og nýsköpunarráðuneytið (Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation) — AI policy lead — https://www.stjornarradid.is/en/ministries/ministry-of-higher-education-science-and-innovation/
- Persónuvernd — Data-protection authority — https://www.personuvernd.is/

## How to use this profile

- Open the official source on each instrument before relying on any date or obligation.
- Treat strategies and guidance as signals of coming regulation, not as binding requirements.
- Check data-protection, consumer, employment and sector law that applies to AI systems regardless of AI-specific instruments.

## Official sources

- Government of Iceland: artificial intelligence policy and action plan — Government of Iceland — https://www.stjornarradid.is/en/ministries/ministry-of-higher-education-science-and-innovation/

## Instruments recorded for this jurisdiction (1)

- **Aðgerðaáætlun um gervigreind 2024–2026 (Action plan on artificial intelligence)** — National strategy, Adopted, non-binding
  - Record: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/iceland-ai-action-plan-2024-2026
  - Context file: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/iceland-ai-action-plan-2024-2026.md

## Provenance

- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/jurisdictions/iceland
- **Official source**: https://www.stjornarradid.is/en/ministries/ministry-of-higher-education-science-and-innovation/
- **Source document**: Government of Iceland: artificial intelligence policy and action plan
- **Published by**: Government of Iceland
- **Review status**: verified
- **Confidence**: low
- **Facts last confirmed**: 2026-09-26
- **Confirmed by**: Bhaskar Bhatt (see https://aipolicytracker.org/reviewers)
- **Retrieved**: 2026-10-27
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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