This is a list of forests in Iceland.
There are currently 26 forests under the management of the Icelandic Forest Service.[1] Those forests are classified as national forests in accordance with the Forests and Forestry Act No. 33/2019. National forests may be privately owned but must be managed by the IFS or entities contracted by the IFS, such as individuals, municipalities or legal persons. Contracts between the IFS and private entities granting national forest classification must have a duration of at least 40 years.[2]
List
edit- Akurgerði
- Arnaldsstaðaskógur (national forest)
- Álfholtsskógur
- Ásabrekka
- Ásbyrgi (national forest)
- Brynjudalsskógur
- Bæjarstaðaskógur
- Daníelslundur
- Einkunnir
- Elliðaárdalur
- Eyjólfsstaðaskógur
- Fossá
- Furulundurinn (national forest)
- Gaddstaðaflatir
- Grundarreitur (national forest)
- Guðmundarlundur
- Gunnfríðarstaðaskógur
- Hallormsstaðaskógur (national forest)
- Hamrahlíð
- Haukadalsskógur (national forest)
- Haukadalur
- Hálsaskógur
- Hánefsstaðir
- Heiðmörk
- Hellisskógur
- Hofsstaðaskógur
- Hrútey
- Höfðaskógur
- Jafnaskarðsskógur (national forest)
- Jórvíkurskógur (national forest)
- Kirkjubæjarklaustur
- Kirkjuhvammur
- Kjarnaskógur
- Kristnesskógur (national forest)
- Laugalandsskógur
- Laugarvatnsskógur (national forest)
- Lágafell
- Leyningshólar
- Mela- og Skuggabjargaskógur (national forest)
- Mógilsá (national forest)
- Múlakot (national forest)
- Norðurtunguskógur (national forest)
- Rauðavatn
- Reykholtsskógur
- Reykjarhólsskógur (national forest)
- Selskógur (national forest)
- Sigríðarstaðaskógur (national forest)
- Skarðsdalur
- Skógarhlíð
- Skógarreitur (national forest)
- Snæfoksstaðir
- Sólbrekkuskógur
- Stálpastaðaskógur (national forest)
- Svartiskógur
- Tröð
- Tumastaðir (national forest)
- Tunguskógur
- Vaðlaskógur
- Vaglaskógur (national forest)
- Vaglir (national forest)
- Vatnshornsskógur (national forest)
- Vinaskógur
- Vífilsstaðavatn
- Völvuskógur
- Þjórsárdalur (national forest)
- Þórðarstaðaskógur (national forest)
- Þórsmörk (national forest)
- Öskjuhlíð
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Kort af þjóðskógum á Íslandi" [Map of national forests in Iceland] (in Icelandic). Icelandic Forest Service. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ Lög um skóga og skógrækt [Forests and Forestry Act] (Act 33, Article 11) (in Icelandic). Althing. May 2, 2019.
External links
edit- Icelandic Forest Service (in Icelandic)
- Icelandic Forest Service (in English)