Iceland Defence Agency

The Iceland Defence Agency (Forsvarsstofnun Íslands), is Iceland’s defence ministry-equivalent, which is synonymous with the Iceland Defence Forces (Íslands varnir herafla), is composed of four service components, namely the Iceland Land Guard (Íslenskt landvörður), the Iceland Air Guard (Íslands loftvörður), the Iceland Maritime Guard (Íslenska flotans), and the Iceland Viking Corps (Íslenski víkingakorpurinn). The Agency is headed by the Director, who is by law required to be a civilian, in keeping with the Western tradition of civilian control of the military; the current Director of the Iceland Defence Agency is Georg Kristinn Lárusson, who was installed to that post in 17XX. The highest-ranking military official and Chief of the Defense Staff is MajGen  Arnór Sigurjónsson. However, the Commander-in-Chief of both the Iceland Defence Agency and the Iceland Defence Forces is the President of Iceland, currently Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson.

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Iceland Land Guard
The Iceland Land Guard (Íslenskt landvörður) is the army of the Republic of Iceland.

Iceland Air Guard
The Iceland Air Guard (Íslands loftvörður) is the air force of the Republic of Iceland.

Iceland Maritime Guard
The Iceland Maritime Guard (Íslenska flotans), is the navy of the Republic of Iceland.

Iceland Viking Corps
The Iceland Viking Corps (Íslenski víkingakorpurinn), is the amphibious and expeditionary warfare component of the Iceland Defence Forces, comparable to the United States’ Marine Corps.

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Land Guard
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Air Guard
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Maritime Guard
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Viking Corps
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