National
Supreme Court of Iceland
- Icelandic: Hæstiréttur Íslands
Based in Iceland
Official website (haestirettur.is) Report a problem with this page
Source: government.is, checkedWho sits on it
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President of the Supreme Court
Appointed by the President of Iceland
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7 justices of the Supreme Court
Appointed by the President of Iceland
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Sources for who sits on it
- President of the Supreme Court government.is · checked
- Justice of the Supreme Court government.is · checked
What it can do
- Judicial power
Judges exercise judicial power (Art. 2), and the Supreme Court is the final court of appeal. Judges are independent and bound only by law (Art. 61).
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Sources for what it can do
- Judicial power government.is · checked
Sources
- government.is · checked Constitution of the Republic of Iceland Art. 2 and 59-61 and the Courts Act no. 50/2016, read 2026-10-12: the Supreme Court (Haestirettur) is not loaded with holders because no official list could be read. For: Supreme Court of Iceland, President of the Supreme Court, Justice of the Supreme Court
- althingi.is · checked Althingi, official Icelandic titles in the ministers list; Icelandic names of bodies from island.is and althingi.is, read 2026-10-12. For: Supreme Court of Iceland in Icelandic
- government.is · checked Constitution of the Republic of Iceland, read 2026-10-12: the cited articles. For: Judicial power
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