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# Sveitarfelagid Arborg

Sveitarfelagid Arborg is a city in Iceland. Sveitarfelagid Arborg had a population of 12,671 at the start of 2026. For Sveitarfelagid Arborg, the foreign population count was 1,418 at the start of 2026.

## Population

The city covered 157 km² in 2010.

## Facts

| Metric | metric_id | Value | Scope | Observed | Verified | Freshness | Lane | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Foreign residents | `foreign_population_total` | 1,418 people | city | 2026-01-01 | 2026-07-18 | fresh | verified | [1] |
| Population | `population_total` | 12,671 people | municipality | 2026-01-01 | 2026-07-12 | fresh | verified | [2] |
| Unemployment rate | `unemployment_total_percent` | 4.79 % | city | 2021-12-31 | 2026-08-26 | stale | verified | [3] |
| City area | `city_area_km2` | 157 km² | city | 2010-01-01 | 2026-07-18 | stale | verified | [4] |
| Population Female | `population_female` | 6,226 people | city | 2026-08-07 | 2026-08-07 | fresh | verified | [2] |
| Population Male | `population_male` | 6,437 people | city | 2026-08-07 | 2026-08-07 | fresh | verified | [2] |

Every row keeps the value, unit, geographic scope, observation date, verification date and the numbered source below. A missing metric means the city does not publish it; nothing is imputed.

## Language courses and integration

- [Directorate of Labour Icelandic courses for registered foreign jobseekers](https://island.is/en/o/directorate-of-labour/courses-directorate-of-labour) — State Language Course · Directorate of Labour · Icelandic · checked 2026-08-10
- [Recognised Icelandic teaching provider grant route](https://island.is/en/islenskukennsla-fyrir-utlendinga) — Other · Rannís and the Icelandic authorities · Icelandic · checked 2026-08-10

These are country-level programmes, not proof of a course location in this city.

## Public employment service

- [Directorate of Labour](https://vinnumalastofnun.is/en) — Job Search

This is a country-level service, not proof of a physical office in this city.

## Healthcare access

Migrants can receive medical care in Sveitarfelagid Arborg when the country-wide insurance or residence conditions are met. City capacity facts do not determine personal eligibility.

- Public healthcare access for foreign residents: Conditional — [official source](https://island.is/umsokn-um-sjukratryggingu)

## Country-wide rules

Visa, benefit, tax and healthcare eligibility rules are published on the [Iceland country page](https://immigrationdb.com/countries/iceland/).

## International community

Citizenship, country of birth, language and ancestry are kept as separate source-native dimensions.

### Country of birth

- Total: 12,671 (100.0%)
- Andorra: 0 (0.0%)
- United Arab Emirates: 0 (0.0%)
- Afghanistan: 22 (0.2%)
- Antigua and Barbuda: 0 (0.0%)
- Albania: 7 (0.1%)
- Armenia: 0 (0.0%)
- Angola: 0 (0.0%)
- Argentina: 2 (0.0%)
- Austria: 8 (0.1%)
- Australia: 6 (0.0%)
- Aruba: 0 (0.0%)
- Azerbaijan: 0 (0.0%)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: 4 (0.0%)
- Barbados: 0 (0.0%)
- Bangladesh: 0 (0.0%)
- Belgium: 4 (0.0%)
- Burkina Faso: 0 (0.0%)
- Bulgaria: 8 (0.1%)
- Bahrain: 0 (0.0%)
- Burundi: 0 (0.0%)
- Benin: 1 (0.0%)
- Bermuda: 0 (0.0%)
- Brunei Darussalam: 0 (0.0%)
- Bolivia: 0 (0.0%)
- Brazil: 11 (0.1%)
- Bahamas: 0 (0.0%)
- Botswana: 0 (0.0%)
- Belarus: 2 (0.0%)
- Belize: 0 (0.0%)
- Canada: 3 (0.0%)
- Congo, Democratic Republic of: 0 (0.0%)
- Central African Republic: 0 (0.0%)
- Congo, Republic of: 2 (0.0%)
- Switzerland: 9 (0.1%)
- Côte d'Ivoire: 1 (0.0%)
- Chile: 4 (0.0%)
- Cameroon: 0 (0.0%)
- China: 17 (0.1%)
- Colombia: 3 (0.0%)
- Costa Rica: 0 (0.0%)
- Serbia and Montenegro: 0 (0.0%)
- Cuba: 0 (0.0%)
- Cabo Verde: 1 (0.0%)
- Curacao: 0 (0.0%)
- Cyprus: 1 (0.0%)
- Czechia: 36 (0.3%)
- Germany: 52 (0.4%)
- Djibouti: 0 (0.0%)
- Denmark: 88 (0.7%)
- Dominica: 0 (0.0%)
- Dominican Republic: 2 (0.0%)
- Algeria: 0 (0.0%)
- Ecuador: 0 (0.0%)
- Estonia: 4 (0.0%)
- Egypt: 0 (0.0%)
- Western Sahara: 0 (0.0%)
- Eritrea: 0 (0.0%)
- Spain: 19 (0.1%)
- Ethiopia: 1 (0.0%)
- Finland: 5 (0.0%)
- Fiji: 0 (0.0%)
- Faroe Islands: 8 (0.1%)
- France: 16 (0.1%)
- Gabon: 0 (0.0%)
- United Kingdom: 26 (0.2%)
- Grenada: 0 (0.0%)
- Georgia: 1 (0.0%)
- Guernsey: 0 (0.0%)
- Ghana: 2 (0.0%)
- Gibraltar: 0 (0.0%)
- Greenland: 0 (0.0%)
- Gambia: 0 (0.0%)
- Guinea: 0 (0.0%)
- Equatorial Guinea: 0 (0.0%)
- Greece: 9 (0.1%)
- Guatemala: 1 (0.0%)
- Guam: 0 (0.0%)
- Guinea-Bissau: 0 (0.0%)
- Guyana: 0 (0.0%)
- Hong Kong: 0 (0.0%)
- Heard Island and McDonald Islands: 0 (0.0%)
- Honduras: 4 (0.0%)
- Croatia: 19 (0.1%)
- Haiti: 0 (0.0%)
- Hungary: 11 (0.1%)
- Indonesia: 7 (0.1%)
- Ireland: 6 (0.0%)
- Israel: 0 (0.0%)
- India: 15 (0.1%)
- Iraq: 9 (0.1%)
- Iran: 12 (0.1%)
- Iceland: 10,851 (85.6%)
- Italy: 15 (0.1%)
- Jersey: 0 (0.0%)
- Jamaica: 0 (0.0%)
- Jordan: 0 (0.0%)
- Japan: 5 (0.0%)
- Kenya: 2 (0.0%)
- Kyrgyzstan: 0 (0.0%)
- Cambodia: 0 (0.0%)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis: 0 (0.0%)
- Korea, North-: 0 (0.0%)
- Korea, South-: 0 (0.0%)
- Kuwait: 1 (0.0%)
- Cayman Islands: 0 (0.0%)
- Kazakhstan: 1 (0.0%)
- Laos: 0 (0.0%)
- Lebanon: 6 (0.0%)
- Saint Lucia: 0 (0.0%)
- Liechtenstein: 0 (0.0%)
- Sri Lanka: 8 (0.1%)
- Liberia: 0 (0.0%)
- Lesotho: 0 (0.0%)
- Lithuania: 65 (0.5%)
- Luxembourg: 1 (0.0%)
- Latvia: 65 (0.5%)
- Libya: 0 (0.0%)
- Morocco: 2 (0.0%)
- Monaco: 0 (0.0%)
- Moldova: 22 (0.2%)
- Montenegro: 0 (0.0%)
- Madagascar: 0 (0.0%)
- North Macedonia: 3 (0.0%)
- Mali: 0 (0.0%)
- Myanmar: 0 (0.0%)
- Mongolia: 2 (0.0%)
- Martinique: 0 (0.0%)
- Mauritania: 0 (0.0%)
- Malta: 0 (0.0%)
- Mauritius: 0 (0.0%)
- Maldives: 0 (0.0%)
- Malawi: 0 (0.0%)
- Mexico: 4 (0.0%)
- Malaysia: 0 (0.0%)
- Mozambique: 0 (0.0%)
- Namibia: 1 (0.0%)
- Niger: 0 (0.0%)
- Nigeria: 5 (0.0%)
- Nicaragua: 0 (0.0%)
- Netherlands: 9 (0.1%)
- Norway: 56 (0.4%)
- Nepal: 3 (0.0%)
- Nauru: 0 (0.0%)
- New Zealand: 3 (0.0%)
- Oman: 1 (0.0%)
- Panama: 0 (0.0%)
- Peru: 4 (0.0%)
- Papua New Guinea: 0 (0.0%)
- Philippines: 74 (0.6%)
- Pakistan: 6 (0.0%)
- Poland: 445 (3.5%)
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon: 0 (0.0%)
- Puerto Rico: 0 (0.0%)
- Palestine: 14 (0.1%)
- Portugal: 28 (0.2%)
- Paraguay: 2 (0.0%)
- Qatar: 0 (0.0%)
- Czech Republic and Slovakia, unspecified: 0 (0.0%)
- Romania: 114 (0.9%)
- Serbia: 8 (0.1%)
- Russia: 13 (0.1%)
- Rwanda: 0 (0.0%)
- Saudi Arabia: 0 (0.0%)
- Solomon Islands: 0 (0.0%)
- Seychelles: 0 (0.0%)
- Sudan: 1 (0.0%)
- Sweden: 54 (0.4%)
- Singapore: 0 (0.0%)
- Slovenia: 1 (0.0%)
- Slovakia: 17 (0.1%)
- Sierra Leone: 1 (0.0%)
- San Marino: 0 (0.0%)
- Senegal: 0 (0.0%)
- Somalia: 3 (0.0%)
- Suriname: 0 (0.0%)
- South Sudan: 0 (0.0%)
- Sao Tome and Principe: 0 (0.0%)
- Former Soviet Union: 1 (0.0%)
- El Salvador: 1 (0.0%)
- Syria: 22 (0.2%)
- Chad: 0 (0.0%)
- Togo: 0 (0.0%)
- Thailand: 41 (0.3%)
- Tajikistan: 0 (0.0%)
- Timor-Leste: 0 (0.0%)
- Turkmenistan: 0 (0.0%)
- Tunisia: 1 (0.0%)
- Tonga: 0 (0.0%)
- Turkey: 0 (0.0%)
- Trinidad and Tobago: 0 (0.0%)
- Taiwan: 0 (0.0%)
- Tanzania: 0 (0.0%)
- Ukraine: 108 (0.9%)
- Uganda: 1 (0.0%)
- United States: 53 (0.4%)
- Uruguay: 0 (0.0%)
- Uzbekistan: 0 (0.0%)
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 0 (0.0%)
- Venezuela: 40 (0.3%)
- Viet Nam: 1 (0.0%)
- Kosovo: 0 (0.0%)
- Europe, country not specified: 0 (0.0%)
- Americas, country not specified: 0 (0.0%)
- Africa, country not specified: 0 (0.0%)
- Asia, country not specified: 0 (0.0%)
- Oceania, country not specified: 0 (0.0%)
- Foreign country not specified: 13 (0.1%)
- Countries in former Yugoslavia, unspecified: 0 (0.0%)
- Yemen: 2 (0.0%)
- Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro): 0 (0.0%)
- South Africa: 2 (0.0%)
- Zambia: 0 (0.0%)
- Zaire: 0 (0.0%)
- Zimbabwe: 0 (0.0%)
- Population universe: Population resident at 1 January 2026; total sex; Statistics Iceland population table
- Period: 2026-01-01
- Source: https://px.hagstofa.is/pxen/api/v1/en/Ibuar/mannfjoldi/3_bakgrunnur/Faedingarland/MAN12104.px

### Citizenship

- Total: 12,671 (100.0%)
- Andorra: 0 (0.0%)
- Afghanistan: 29 (0.2%)
- Antigua and Barbuda: 0 (0.0%)
- Albania: 8 (0.1%)
- Armenia: 0 (0.0%)
- Angola: 0 (0.0%)
- Argentina: 1 (0.0%)
- Austria: 2 (0.0%)
- Australia: 1 (0.0%)
- Azerbaijan: 0 (0.0%)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: 3 (0.0%)
- Barbados: 0 (0.0%)
- Bangladesh: 0 (0.0%)
- Belgium: 0 (0.0%)
- Burkina Faso: 0 (0.0%)
- Bulgaria: 9 (0.1%)
- Benin: 0 (0.0%)
- Brunei Darussalam: 0 (0.0%)
- Bolivia: 0 (0.0%)
- Brazil: 6 (0.0%)
- Bahamas: 0 (0.0%)
- Botswana: 0 (0.0%)
- Belarus: 2 (0.0%)
- Belize: 0 (0.0%)
- Canada: 2 (0.0%)
- Congo, Democratic Republic of: 0 (0.0%)
- Congo, Republic of: 2 (0.0%)
- Switzerland: 6 (0.0%)
- Côte d'Ivoire: 2 (0.0%)
- Chile: 0 (0.0%)
- Cameroon: 0 (0.0%)
- China: 4 (0.0%)
- Colombia: 1 (0.0%)
- Costa Rica: 0 (0.0%)
- Serbia and Montenegro: 0 (0.0%)
- Cuba: 0 (0.0%)
- Cabo Verde: 1 (0.0%)
- Cyprus: 1 (0.0%)
- Czechia: 34 (0.3%)
- Germany: 38 (0.3%)
- Djibouti: 0 (0.0%)
- Denmark: 28 (0.2%)
- Dominica: 0 (0.0%)
- Dominican Republic: 1 (0.0%)
- Algeria: 0 (0.0%)
- Ecuador: 0 (0.0%)
- Estonia: 2 (0.0%)
- Egypt: 1 (0.0%)
- Western Sahara: 0 (0.0%)
- Eritrea: 0 (0.0%)
- Spain: 22 (0.2%)
- Ethiopia: 0 (0.0%)
- Finland: 4 (0.0%)
- Fiji: 0 (0.0%)
- France: 10 (0.1%)
- Gabon: 0 (0.0%)
- United Kingdom: 16 (0.1%)
- Grenada: 0 (0.0%)
- Georgia: 0 (0.0%)
- Ghana: 1 (0.0%)
- Gambia: 0 (0.0%)
- Guinea: 0 (0.0%)
- Equatorial Guinea: 0 (0.0%)
- Greece: 9 (0.1%)
- Guatemala: 0 (0.0%)
- Guinea-Bissau: 0 (0.0%)
- Guyana: 0 (0.0%)
- Honduras: 3 (0.0%)
- Croatia: 26 (0.2%)
- Haiti: 0 (0.0%)
- Hungary: 13 (0.1%)
- Indonesia: 3 (0.0%)
- Ireland: 2 (0.0%)
- Israel: 0 (0.0%)
- India: 3 (0.0%)
- Iraq: 10 (0.1%)
- Iran: 3 (0.0%)
- Iceland: 11,253 (88.8%)
- Italy: 12 (0.1%)
- Jamaica: 0 (0.0%)
- Jordan: 0 (0.0%)
- Japan: 5 (0.0%)
- Kenya: 1 (0.0%)
- Kyrgyzstan: 0 (0.0%)
- Cambodia: 0 (0.0%)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis: 0 (0.0%)
- Korea, North-: 0 (0.0%)
- Korea, South-: 0 (0.0%)
- Kazakhstan: 0 (0.0%)
- Laos: 0 (0.0%)
- Lebanon: 0 (0.0%)
- Saint Lucia: 0 (0.0%)
- Liechtenstein: 0 (0.0%)
- Sri Lanka: 3 (0.0%)
- Liberia: 0 (0.0%)
- Lesotho: 0 (0.0%)
- Lithuania: 70 (0.6%)
- Luxembourg: 0 (0.0%)
- Latvia: 75 (0.6%)
- Libya: 0 (0.0%)
- Morocco: 2 (0.0%)
- Moldova: 0 (0.0%)
- Montenegro: 0 (0.0%)
- Madagascar: 0 (0.0%)
- North Macedonia: 2 (0.0%)
- Mali: 0 (0.0%)
- Myanmar: 0 (0.0%)
- Mongolia: 0 (0.0%)
- Mauritania: 0 (0.0%)
- Malta: 0 (0.0%)
- Mauritius: 0 (0.0%)
- Maldives: 0 (0.0%)
- Malawi: 0 (0.0%)
- Mexico: 2 (0.0%)
- Malaysia: 0 (0.0%)
- Mozambique: 0 (0.0%)
- Namibia: 0 (0.0%)
- Niger: 0 (0.0%)
- Nigeria: 11 (0.1%)
- Nicaragua: 0 (0.0%)
- Netherlands: 3 (0.0%)
- Norway: 11 (0.1%)
- Nepal: 1 (0.0%)
- Nauru: 0 (0.0%)
- New Zealand: 1 (0.0%)
- Oman: 0 (0.0%)
- Panama: 0 (0.0%)
- Peru: 1 (0.0%)
- Papua New Guinea: 0 (0.0%)
- Philippines: 42 (0.3%)
- Pakistan: 4 (0.0%)
- Poland: 436 (3.4%)
- Puerto Rico: 0 (0.0%)
- Palestine: 13 (0.1%)
- Portugal: 29 (0.2%)
- Paraguay: 0 (0.0%)
- Romania: 145 (1.1%)
- Serbia: 4 (0.0%)
- Russia: 2 (0.0%)
- Rwanda: 0 (0.0%)
- Saudi Arabia: 0 (0.0%)
- Solomon Islands: 0 (0.0%)
- Seychelles: 0 (0.0%)
- Sudan: 0 (0.0%)
- Sweden: 17 (0.1%)
- Singapore: 0 (0.0%)
- Slovenia: 1 (0.0%)
- Slovakia: 16 (0.1%)
- Sierra Leone: 1 (0.0%)
- San Marino: 0 (0.0%)
- Senegal: 0 (0.0%)
- Somalia: 0 (0.0%)
- Suriname: 0 (0.0%)
- South Sudan: 0 (0.0%)
- Former Soviet Union: 0 (0.0%)
- El Salvador: 1 (0.0%)
- Syria: 18 (0.1%)
- Chad: 0 (0.0%)
- Togo: 0 (0.0%)
- Thailand: 7 (0.1%)
- Tajikistan: 0 (0.0%)
- Timor-Leste: 0 (0.0%)
- Turkmenistan: 0 (0.0%)
- Tunisia: 0 (0.0%)
- Tonga: 0 (0.0%)
- Turkey: 0 (0.0%)
- Trinidad and Tobago: 0 (0.0%)
- Taiwan: 0 (0.0%)
- Tanzania: 0 (0.0%)
- Ukraine: 109 (0.9%)
- Uganda: 0 (0.0%)
- United States: 20 (0.2%)
- Uruguay: 0 (0.0%)
- Uzbekistan: 0 (0.0%)
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 0 (0.0%)
- Venezuela: 39 (0.3%)
- Viet Nam: 0 (0.0%)
- Vanuatu: 0 (0.0%)
- Kosovo: 0 (0.0%)
- Europe, country not specified: 0 (0.0%)
- Foreign country not specified: 0 (0.0%)
- Countries in former Yugoslavia, unspecified: 0 (0.0%)
- Stateless: 1 (0.0%)
- Yemen: 2 (0.0%)
- Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro): 0 (0.0%)
- South Africa: 2 (0.0%)
- Zambia: 0 (0.0%)
- Zaire: 0 (0.0%)
- Zimbabwe: 0 (0.0%)
- Population universe: Population resident at 1 January 2026; total sex; Statistics Iceland population table
- Period: 2026-01-01
- Source: https://px.hagstofa.is/pxen/api/v1/en/Ibuar/mannfjoldi/3_bakgrunnur/Rikisfang/MAN04203.px

## Sources

1. IS official material for foreign_population_total — Official source — https://px.hagstofa.is/pxen/api/v1/en/Ibuar/mannfjoldi/3_bakgrunnur/Rikisfang/MAN04208.px
2. Iceland official denominator source — Official source — https://px.hagstofa.is/pxen/api/v1/en/Ibuar/mannfjoldi/2_byggdir/sveitarfelog/MAN02005.px
3. px.hagstofa.is — Official source — https://px.hagstofa.is/pxen/pxweb/en/Ibuar/Ibuar__manntal__2021__4_vinnumarkadur/CEN1401.px
4. IS official material for city_area_km2 — Official source — https://hagstofas3bucket.hagstofa.is/hagstofan/media/public/5d8485c6-cc0f-4438-8f60-02a0f6e1211e/pub_doc_aojkSbb.pdf

## Cite

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### APA

ImmigrationDB. (2026, September 12). Sveitarfelagid Arborg, Iceland: jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; snapshot approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; version approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/is/arborg/ Retrieved 2026-09-12. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

### BibTeX

```bibtex
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_sveitarfelagid-arborg-iceland-jobs_791d7d09ba80,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Sveitarfelagid Arborg, Iceland: jobs},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-12},
  version = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0},
  snapshot = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/is/arborg/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-09-12. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

### Markdown

[Sveitarfelagid Arborg, Iceland: jobs](https://immigrationdb.com/cities/is/arborg/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; snapshot approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; version approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; retrieved 2026-09-12; built 2026-09-12.

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