Chief of State : Mr Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson Head of Government : Ms Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir Minister/ Secretary of State/ Chairman of agency responsible for sports :Ms Katrin Jakobsdottir Minister of Education Science and Culture Chairman of the National Olympic Committee :Ólafur Rafnsson Chairman of the National Sports Confederation :
Land surface : 103 000 km²
Population : 0,32 million
Capital : Reykjavik
Language : icelandic
Currency : icelandic króna
GDP per capita ($PPP) :
Budget of State (2009):
555.641 milliard ISK/3,1 milliard Euros Budget of the ministry responsible for sports:
60.363 milliard ISK/335.351 million Euros Principal financing source for sport:
The state,The icelandic lotterie, municipalities and comercial sector National sports federations :
The state,The icelandic lotterie, municipalities and comercial sector Sports people member of a club :
Municipalities, comercial sector
National and international political priorities in the sports sector (2009)
- Reform of the anti doping system in Iceland
- Work on sportpolicy
- Work through the financial crisis
Organisation of sport in the country (2009)
Results of the last Olympic Games Summer Games (Beijing, 2008) Total of available medals: 1 Total of won medals: ( … th by gold ranking)
Gold: 0 ; Silver: 1 ; Bronze: 0 Winter Games (Turin, 2006)
Total of available medals :
Total of won medals: ( … th by gold ranking)
Gold: ; Silver: ; Bronze:
World champion in 2009 (including non olympic sport):
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