Hagstofa Íslands

Statistics Iceland

Hagstofa Íslands
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Agency overview
Formed	1914
Jurisdiction	Iceland
Headquarters	Reykjavík, Iceland
Employees	158 (2009)
Minister responsible	Árni Páll Árnason, Minister of Economic Affairs
Agency executive	Ólafur Hjálmarsson, Director-general
Website	statice.is (in English) hagstofa.is (in Icelandic)

Statistics Iceland (Icelandic: Hagstofa Íslands) is the main official institute providing statistics on the nation of Iceland. It was created by the Althing in 1913, began operations in 1914 and became an independent government agency under the Prime Minister's Office on January 1, 2008.