Working as a teacher in Iceland
What official sources say about working as a teacher in Iceland: how foreign qualifications are recognised.
Teacher is a regulated profession in Iceland. Foreign qualifications go through: Apply to the Ministry for the national teacher's licence under Act No. 95/2019. Foreign professional qualifications are assessed under Iceland's recognition framework; the teacher page directs applicants to the official application.
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- Apply to the Ministry for the national teacher's licence under Act No. 95/2019. Foreign professional qualifications are assessed under Iceland's recognition framework; the teacher page directs applicants to the official application.
Regulation and recognition
Teacher is a regulated profession in Iceland.
- Recognition route
- Apply to the Ministry for the national teacher's licence under Act No. 95/2019. Foreign professional qualifications are assessed under Iceland's recognition framework; the teacher page directs applicants to the official application.
- Recognition authority
- Ministry of Education and Children.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Teacher in Iceland: recognition [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 9257c4b60833d89644ab5d581fe5bc31]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/teacher/iceland/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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author = {ImmigrationDB},
title = {Teacher in Iceland: recognition},
publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-10-16},
version = {9257c4b60833d89644ab5d581fe5bc31},
url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/teacher/iceland/},
note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}Markdown citation
[Teacher in Iceland: recognition](https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/teacher/iceland/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; version 9257c4b60833d89644ab5d581fe5bc31; retrieved 2026-10-16; built 2026-10-16.This citation identifies the ImmigrationDB compilation/page. Underlying source publishers and datasets retain their own terms; inspect the Sources section and cite those records separately. View the underlying source records.