Foreign nati­onals are eligible to vote in municipal elections

Danish, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish nati­onals who are regist­ered with a legal domicile in Iceland have the right to vote in municipal elections.

Other foreign nati­onals who have had a legal domicile in Iceland for more than 3 consecutive years before election day also have the right to vote in municipal elections.

Foreign nati­onals are not eligible to vote in Icelandic presi­dential elections, parlia­mentary elections or nati­onal referendums and are therefore not part of the voter data­base in those elections. The only exception are Danish nati­onals who resided in Iceland on the 6th of March 1946 or in the 10 years prior to that date. This exception is according to Act No. 85/1946.

Electoral register and voting rights