Iceland has a state-centred, publicly funded universal healthcare system and health insurance that covers the whole population. The number of private...
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version of this division. Healthcare in Iceland is divided into 7 healthcare districts which correspond to the 8 regions of Iceland with the exception of...
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Sports in Iceland are very popular. Popular sports include football, handball, athletics, basketball, chess, golf, volleyball, tennis, skiing, snowboarding...
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Iceland has been a very isolated and linguistically homogeneous island historically, but has nevertheless been home to several languages. Gaelic was the...
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Icelandic population was just over 376,000. About 86,000 residents (23.7%) were of foreign background. About 99% of the nation's inhabitants live in urban...
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Iceland is an island country at the confluence of the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans, east of Greenland and immediately south of the Arctic Circle,...
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marriage legal. The law took effect on 27 June 2010. In 2019, Iceland made gender-affirming healthcare accessible via informed consent. According to a 2020...
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recorded history of Iceland began with the settlement by Viking explorers and the people they enslaved from Western Europe, particularly in modern-day Norway...
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provision of healthcare services under the UK's reciprocal healthcare agreements with the European Union, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein...
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For centuries Iceland's main industries were fishing, fish processing and agriculture. In the 19th century, 70–80% of Icelanders lived by farming, but...
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Health care systems by country (redirect from Healthcare in Africa)
world with a rate of 3.1 deaths/1000 live births. Healthcare in Iceland is universal. The healthcare system is largely paid for by taxes (85%) and to some...
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The Ministry of Welfare (Icelandic: Velferðarráðuneytið) is an Icelandic cabinet-level ministry founded 1 January 2011. It is the result of the merger...
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Prohibition in Iceland went into effect in 1915 and lasted, to some extent, until 1 March 1989 (since celebrated as "Beer Day"). The ban had originally...
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The Kingdom of Iceland (Icelandic: Konungsríkið Ísland; Danish: Kongeriget Island) was a sovereign and independent country under a constitutional and hereditary...
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Iceland's defence forces consist of the Icelandic Coast Guard, which patrols Icelandic waters and monitors its airspace, and other services such as the...
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Iceland (Icelandic: Ísland, pronounced [ˈistlant] ) is a Nordic island country between the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge...
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Iceland has a subpolar oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfc) near the southern coastal area and tundra (Köppen ET) inland in the highlands...
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The politics of Iceland take place in the framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the president is the head of state...
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Television in Iceland is composed of the public broadcasting service of RÚV, five free-to-view channels and a number of subscription channels provided...
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The system of education in Iceland is divided in four levels: playschool, compulsory, upper secondary and higher, and is similar to that of other Nordic...
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Iceland Icelandic cuisine Beer in Iceland Festivals in Iceland Iceland Airwaves Heraldry in Iceland Media of Iceland Miss Iceland Museums in Iceland National...
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Viðreisn (redirect from Reconstruction (Iceland))
'Regeneration', officially known in English as the Liberal Reform Party) is a liberal centre to centre-right political party in Iceland that was founded on 24 May...
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The following is a list of banks in Iceland. Central Bank of Iceland Arion Bank (formerly known as New Kaupthing) Íslandsbanki (formerly known as New...
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Iceland had the highest life expectancy of any European country: 83.0 years in 2012 according to the OECD. Healthcare in Iceland Smoking in Iceland Ballas...
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The settlement of Iceland (Icelandic: landnámsöld [ˈlantˌnaumsˌœlt]) is generally believed to have begun in the second half of the ninth century, when...
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In Iceland, Beer Day (Icelandic: Bjórdagurinn) is celebrated every year on March 1, honoring the elimination of the 74-year prohibition of beer. Prohibition...
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names for Iceland, which have over the years appeared in poetry or literature. Many names have been used to refer to Iceland in the Icelandic language...
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Iceland would be used militarily by Nazi Germany, which had overrun Denmark a month earlier. Although Iceland was independently governed, it was in a...
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The Occupation of Iceland during World War II began with a British invasion intent on occupying and denying Iceland to Germany. The military operation...
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Universal health care (redirect from Universal healthcare)
coverage in 2000. Single payer healthcare systems were introduced in Finland (1972), Portugal (1979), Cyprus (1980), Spain (1986) and Iceland (1990). Switzerland...
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