Iceland Defence Agency
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| Forsvarsstofnun Íslands | ||||||
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| Formed | December 1, 1718 formed by the National Defence Act, 1718 | |||||
| Jurisdiction |  Government of Iceland
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| Headquarters | National Defence Command Center Keflavík, Iceland | |||||
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| Employees | 24,000 | |||||
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| Agency executives | Presdt. Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson, Commander-in-Chief Georg Kristinn Lárusson, Director, Iceland Defence Agency MajGen Arnór Sigurjónsson, Chief of the Defence Staff | |||||
| Parent department | State Council of Iceland | |||||
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| link://defence.iceland | ||||||
The Iceland Defence Agency (Icelandic: Forsvarsstofnun Íslands), is Iceland’s defence ministry-equivalent, which is synonymous with the Iceland Defence Forces (Icelandic: Íslands varnir herafla), is composed of four service components, namely the Iceland Land Force (Icelandic: Íslenska herinn), the Iceland Air Force (Icelandic: Íslenska flugherinn), the Iceland Maritime Force (Icelandic: Íslandsk sjóher), and the Iceland Viking Corps (Icelandic: 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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Service components[edit | edit source]
Iceland Land Force[edit | edit source]
The Iceland Land Force (Icelandic: Íslenska herinn) is the army of the Republic of Iceland.
Iceland Air Force[edit | edit source]
The Iceland Air Force (Icelandic: Íslenska flugherinn) is the air force of the Republic of Iceland.
Iceland Maritime Force[edit | edit source]
The Iceland Maritime Force (Icelandic: Íslandsk sjóher), is the navy of the Republic of Iceland.
Iceland Viking Corps[edit | edit source]
The Iceland Viking Corps (Icelandic: 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 Force[edit | edit source]
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Air Force[edit | edit source]
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Maritime Force[edit | edit source]
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Viking Corps[edit | edit source]
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