The Emergency number in Iceland is 112 – Call or text in true emergencies. You can ask for an ambulance.
For medical care during business hours (8 AM – 4 PM or so) you can call the Healthcare District where you are located. Their phone numbers are listed below. Here’s a map of the districts:
For after hours help with urgent but not life-threatening medical issues, you can call 1770 for a doctor on call. (That number should work 24 hours a day.) From a non-Icelandic phone, dial +354 544-4113.
For the latest information about seeking medical assistance, you can visit island.is/en/illness-seeking-medical-assistance.
Here is the contact information for each of the 7 Healthcare Districts. Note that the regions are a bit confusing. For example, part of the Westfjords region is in the Westfjords, and part is in the Western region! Each region has several or more healthcare centers that are open during business hours.
| Region Name | Website | E-mail address | Phone Number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capital Region District (Höfuðborgarsvæðið) | heilsugaeslan.is | heilsugaeslan@heilsugaeslan.is | +354 513 5000 |
| Western Region District (Vesturland) | hve.is | hve@hve.is | +354 432 1000 |
| Westfjords District (Vestfirðir) | hvest.is | hvest@hvest.is | +354 450 4500 |
| Northern District (Norðurland) | hsn.is | hsn@hsn.is | +354 464 0500 |
| Eastern Region District (Austurland) | has.is | info@hsa.is | +354 470 3000 |
| Southern Region District (Suðurland) | hsu.is | hsu@hsu.is | +354 432 2000 |
| Southern Peninsula District (Suðurnes) | hss.is | hss@hss.is | +354 422-0500 |
Each of the web sites will have a list of all of the regional health care facilities in that area. For example, click through for North Iceland and you’ll get the list to the left. You are able to click on any of them to see the location and hours.
When we help you plan a trip to Iceland, we are able to provide you with the closest healthcare facility to your accommodations each night. This is another reason why it makes sense to work with an Iceland specialist to plan your vacation to Iceland!
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Thanks so much Julie!
I am wondering who the contacts would be for emergency management. Search and Rescue, Fire department Police department. Do you have any of those contacts? I am mostly curious about this with the impending volcano eruption.
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Hi Diane,
SafeTravel.is will have the information you need. They have a page about the eruption area, and they will update multiple times per day if there is an eruption happening. (Right now, the only areas impacted are in and near Grindavik.)