Constitution

Constitution of Iceland, of 17 June 1944, last amended 24 June 1999

Legislation

Act respecting the status of the Icelandic language and Icelandic sign language No 61/2011
Act on the Icelandic Museum of Natural History No 35/2007
Act on the National and University Library of Iceland No 142/2011
Act on Visual Arts No 64/2012
Electricity Act of 2003
Civil Protection Act of 12 June 2008
Legislative Act on Sports of 12 June 1998
Local Government Act N° 45/1998
Local Government Elections Act no. 5/1998,
Local Government Finance Act no. 4/1995[S1]
Municipalities Social Services Act, No. 40/1991
Planning and Building Act No. 123/2010.
Public Libraries Act no 36/1997 of 16 May 1997
The Adult Education Act of 31 March 2010
The Upper Secondary School Act of 12 June 2008
Tourism Administration Act of 24 May 2005
Youth Act of 28 March 2007
 
Websites

Association of Icelandic Local Authorities
Directorate of Labour
Association of Local Authorities, Local governments in Iceland
Eurydice Report, Iceland: Political, Social and Economic Background and Trends, updated 3 December 2014
Eurydice Report, Organisation of the education system in Iceland –2009/2010 (Modified 1st March 2016)
Government Office of Iceland
Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR), Iceland Page
Iceland in figures 2016. Statistics Iceland.

Ministry of Education, Science and Culture website
Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources website
Ministry of Industries and Innovation website
Ministry of Industry and Innovation, The Icelandic Route Development Fund
Ministry of the Interior website
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Iceland in Europe

Ministry of Welfare website
The Innovation and Network Executive Agency website
National Planning Agency
National Youth Association
Erasmus Plus, Vocational Education and Training grants programme
Erasmus Plus, Youth in Action Programme

Publications

Association of Icelandic Local Authorities in, Local governments in Iceland
A collective work of Dexia Crédit Local Research Department, Sub-national governments in the European Union – Organisation, responsibilities and finance, Dexia Ed., La Défense, 2008.
Association of Local Authorities in Iceland, Local governments in Iceland Culture - The Arts, The National Cultural Heritage, Broadcasting, Language Policy, Sports and Youth Activities (2009)
Under the supervision of Professors Michael Keating and Jacques Ziller, Study on the Division of Powers between the EU, the Member States and regional and Local Authorities, European University Institute, Florence, 2008.
Iceland 2020 – governmental policy statement for the economy and community
Whitaker, D and Thorsteinsson, G (2016) The Iceland Watch: A land that thinks outwards and forwards, Memoirs Publishing
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Iceland’s Policy on Europe: Priorities and Implementation