Norway population tops five million
Norway will today break the five million inhabitants barrier, the country’s statistics bureau predicts.
Fierce opposition to ‘mega-municipality’ plans
A government panel in Finland has revealed proposals for a massive overhaul of the country’s municipal structure, cutting local authorities from 336 t...
Icelandic population continued upward trend between years
On the 1st January this year there were 319,573 people living in Iceland – which is around 1,100 more than a year before and a population increa...
PM disputes Iceland emigration crisis
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, Prime Minister of Iceland, says that the number of people moving away from Iceland this year is no more than in an average yea...
Icelandic residents urged to help birds in cold weather
Icelandic ornithologists have appealed to the media, asking them to remind people of the importance of feeding garden birds during extended cold snaps...
More foreigners moving to Iceland than predicted and fewer moving away
So far this year approximately the same number of foreign citizens have moved to Iceland as have moved away.
Young families biggest group moving away from Iceland
Young people with children are the biggest group emigrating from Iceland, according to Statistics Iceland. Last year around 2,000 more people moved aw...
Icelanders happier with life at home than before financial crash
According to university researchers, Icelanders are generally happier in their family lives now than before the financial crash. It is thought that sh...