Iceland's defence forces consist of the Icelandic Coast Guard, which patrols Icelandic waters and monitors its airspace, and other services such as the...

was actually at Miðnesheiði near Keflavík. The initial personnel of the Iceland Defence Force "..arrived on 7 May 1951, commanded by an Army brigadier general...

The Iceland Air Defence System (Icelandic: Íslenska loftvarnarkerfið) is a part of the Icelandic Coast Guard. It was founded in 1987 under the Radar Agency...

World War II. However, the British invaded Iceland on 10 May 1940. On 7 July 1941, the defence of Iceland was transferred from Britain to the United States...

The Kingdom of Iceland (Icelandic: Konungsríkið Ísland; Danish: Kongeriget Island) was a sovereign and independent country under a constitutional and...

the end of the war. Under Brigadier George Lammie, Alabaster Force was formed to permanently occupy Iceland and fortify the island's defence. On 17 May...

it became part of the realm of the Norwegian King, military defences of Iceland consisted of multiple chieftains (Goðar) and their free followers (þingmenn...

National Defence Party (Icelandic: Landvarnarflokkurinn) was an Icelandic political movement which operated from 1902 to 1912, founded because of discontentedness...

Defence Cooperation (NORDEFCO) is a collaboration among the Nordic countries in the area of defence. Its five members are Denmark, Finland, Iceland,...

The Icelandic Coast Guard (Icelandic: Landhelgisgæsla Íslands, Landhelgisgæslan or simply Gæslan) is the Icelandic defence service responsible for search...

guns Military of Iceland Icelandic Coast Guard Iceland Air Defence System "Iceland Crisis Response Unit: Annual report 2007" (PDF). Icelandic Ministry for...

between Iceland and the United Kingdom. Defence of Iceland Iceland in World War II (invasion) List of countries without armed forces Military history of Iceland...

the issue. Iceland has no standing army but has the Icelandic Coast Guard which also maintains the Iceland Air Defence System, and an Iceland Crisis Response...

necessary, while Iceland has a unique agreement since 1951 with the United States which requires them to provide defence to Iceland when needed, although...

Iceland and air defence. The exercise also tested cooperation of naval and air assets in view of increasing importance arctic operations.  Iceland  United States...

Secretary of State for Defence, and Sturla Sigurjónsson the Icelandic Ambassador to the United Kingdom signed a note of joining, leading Iceland to become...

to Iceland in 2019. Fighter aircraft deployed to Iceland are accompanied by NATO Boeing E-3 Sentry AWACS aircraft to enhance the Iceland Air Defence System...

The recorded history of Iceland began with the settlement by Viking explorers and the people they enslaved from Western Europe, particularly in modern-day...

foreign affairs. The new Kingdom of Iceland declared itself a neutral country without a defence force. The treaty of union allowed for a revision to begin...

In Iceland, the Police (Icelandic: Ríkislögreglan, lit. 'the State Police') is the national police force of Iceland. It is responsible for law enforcement...

The Cod Wars (Icelandic: Þorskastríðin; also known as Landhelgisstríðin, lit. 'The Coastal Wars'; German: Kabeljaukriege) were a series of 20th-century...

taken over the defence of Iceland at Iceland's invitation, after being occupied by Britain in 1940. Although saddened by the results of the plebiscite...

of the U.S. military presence in Iceland from 1994 to 2006. In 1951 American troops returned to Iceland to form an Iceland Defense Force. As Iceland has...

the Reykjanes region in southwest Iceland. It is included in the municipality of Reykjanesbær whose population as of 2016 is 15,129. In 1995, Keflavík...

Víkingasveitin (The Viking Squad) Military of Iceland Icelandic Coast Guard Iceland Air Defence System Icelandic Air Policing Iceland Crisis Response Unit Víkingasveitin:...

The following is a list of Icelandic flags. Flag of Iceland Coat of arms of Iceland "Jörundur Hundadagakonungur Placat" (PDF). Vefsafn. 1 November 2014...

Throughout the Cold War, the nation of Iceland was a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and allied with the United States, hosting...

following the fall of Denmark the United Kingdom launched the Invasion of Iceland and occupied Icelandic territory until 1941 when defence responsibility...

the Icelandic Defence Agency as their primary base until 1 January 2011, when the Agency was abolished and the base handed over to the Icelandic Coast...

but the idea did not come about when Denmark, Iceland and Norway joined NATO in 1949 at the request of the United States, while Finland and Sweden then...