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Social Security Law in Small Jurisdictions

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After having situated Iceland, the legal framework of the right to social security is examined. The relevant constitutional provisions are mentioned, after which an overview of the social security legislation and structure is provided. Attention is also paid to the enforcement of constitutional and statutory rights. In a next part of the chapter, general data on the population and its composition are followed by a description of the personal scope of the social insurance and social assistance schemes. The administration of social security is dealt with as well as the topic of the coordination of the national social security schemes with foreign social security provisions.

With special thanks to Mrs. Hildur Sverrisdóttir Röed for reviewing the report on Iceland.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    For data and figures, see: Country Profiles (2020) and World Factbook (2020).

  2. 2.

    For more information about Althingi, see: https://www.althingi.is/english.

  3. 3.

    Government of Iceland, How is Iceland governed? Accessed on: https://www.government.is/topics/governance-and-national-symbols/how-is-iceland-governed/.

  4. 4.

    Olafsdottir and Olafsson (2014), p. 13.

  5. 5.

    Olafsson (2011), p. 11, referring to Edvaldsson and Ólafsdóttir.

  6. 6.

    Olafsson (2011), p. 21.

  7. 7.

    S. Olafsson as referred to in Hauser Global Law School Programme, Researching Icelandic Law. Accessed on: https://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/Iceland.html.

  8. 8.

    See: http://norden.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A1155301&dswid=-3517.

  9. 9.

    For the English translation, see: https://www.government.is/Publications/Legislation/Lex/?newsid=89fc6038-fd28-11e7-9423-005056bc4d74.

  10. 10.

    Icelandic Financial Services Association, The Icelandic Legal System. Accessed on: https://www.sff.is/en/legislation/legal-system-iceland.

  11. 11.

    Most laws to be found in English translation on: https://www.government.is/publications/legislation/.

  12. 12.

    See: https://www.urvel.is.

  13. 13.

    Information on the population, see: https://px.hagstofa.is/pxen/pxweb/en/Ibuar/Ibuar__mannfjoldi__1_yfirlit__yfirlit_mannfjolda/MAN00000.px; and https://statice.is/statistics/population/inhabitants/overview/.

  14. 14.

    See: https://px.hagstofa.is/pxen/pxweb/en/Samfelag/Samfelag__vinnumarkadur__vinnumarkadsrannsokn__1_manadartolur/VIN00001.px.

  15. 15.

    For detailed information see: Social Insurance in Iceland. Accessed on: https://www.asa.is/social-insurance-in-iceland.

  16. 16.

    See: https://www.tr.is/tryggingastofnun/frettir/nanar/699/70-000-vidskiptavinir-fengu-greitt-i-desember.

  17. 17.

    See: https://www.sjukra.is/english/; see also: EC, Your Social Security rights in Iceland. Accessed on: https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=1114&langId=en.

  18. 18.

    See Act on Maternity/paternity and Parental Leave, N°95/2000.

  19. 19.

    See: https://vinnumalastofnun.is/en/about-us.

  20. 20.

    Olafsdottir and Olafsson (2014), p. 50.

  21. 21.

    See: https://www.rsk.is/english/individuals/child-benefits.

  22. 22.

    Nordic Social Statistical Committee, ‘Social Protection in the Nordic Countries; Scope, Expenditure and Financing’, no. 63, 2015/2016, p. 19.

  23. 23.

    See The Municipalities’ Social Services Act, N°40/1991 and the Act on the Affairs of the Elderly, N°125/1999; as well as the Act on the Affairs of Disabled Persons, N°59/1992; see also Nordic Social Statistical Committee, ‘Social Protection in the Nordic Countries; Scope, Expenditure and Financing’, no. 63, 2015/2016.

  24. 24.

    Olafsdottir and Olafsson (2014), p. 52.

  25. 25.

    See: https://www.ssa.gov/international/Agreement_Texts/iceland.html.

  26. 26.

    See: https://www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits/publicpensions/cpp/cpp-international/iceland.html.

  27. 27.

    PWC, United States; More social security agreements—consider both new and existing mobile populations, 2019, see: https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/services/people-organisation/publications/assets/pwc-us-social-security-agreements-with-slovenia-and-iceland.pdf.

  28. 28.

    See: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/02/26/2019-03271/agreement-on-social-security-between-the-united-states-and-iceland-entry-into-force.

  29. 29.

    See: https://www.sjukra.is/english/health-insurance-abroad/medical-treatment-abroad/.

  30. 30.

    Olafsdottir and Olafsson (2014), p. 10.

  31. 31.

    Olafsdottir and Olafsson (2014), p. 9.

  32. 32.

    https://hagstofa.is/media/51192/iceland_in_figures_2018.pdf.

  33. 33.

    Olafsdottir and Olafsson (2014), pp. 13–14.

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Pieters, D. (2021). Iceland. In: Social Security Law in Small Jurisdictions. The World of Small States, vol 8. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78247-4_13

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