Residence
For your own residence position, start with the GOV.UK Iceland guide (opens in a new window). It covers visas, working, healthcare and driving, and shows 11 December 2025 as its last update.
Movers for Iceland: the customs and vehicle notes first, then the sea routes, then a guide to Reykjavik, the one place where a published rule names household moves.
International Movers to and from Iceland
Our part is the enquiry; a partner removal company does the moving. The Icelandic pages here link the official sources and say where those sources stop.
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The paperwork
Which papers come before a move to Iceland?
Five points apply in every town: residence, Iceland’s place in the EEA but not the EU, customs relief for belongings, the rules for a car, and the gaps in our reading. The customs pages name no country of departure, so a UK arrival is not yet confirmed.
EEA, not EU
A European Parliament fact sheet (opens in a new window) says the EEA “was set up in 1994 to extend the EU’s internal market to the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries”, and lists Iceland among “three of the four EFTA members: Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein”. It also says the EEA’s binding provisions leave out the customs union: “its binding provisions do not concern: The common agricultural policy and the common fisheries policy (although the agreement contains provisions on trade in agricultural and fishery products); The customs union;” So Iceland sits inside the EEA market but outside the EU customs union, and the household-goods route below runs through a customs declaration.
Customs relief for belongings
The tax authority, Skatturinn, says “Búslóðir manna sem flytja búferlum til Íslands eru tollfrjálsar að uppfylltum ákveðnum skilyrðum.”. In English: household goods of people moving their home to Iceland are duty-free if conditions are met. The person must have lived abroad for a year: “Að viðkomandi hafi haft fasta búsetu erlendis að minnsta kosti næstliðna 12 mánuði áður en hann flytur til landsins.” The goods must be used and owned for a year: “Að búslóðarmunirnir séu notaðir og hafi verið í eigu viðkomandi að minnsta kosti eitt ár.”
Timing, registration and exclusions
The goods must come “innan sex mánaða frá því að hann tekur sér bólfestu hér á landi eða öðlast hér lögheimili”, that is within six months of taking up residence or gaining legal domicile. Skatturinn may allow longer: “Skatturinn getur heimilað rýmri tímafrest til innflutnings búslóðar eða einstakra hluta sem tilheyra henni ef sérstaklega stendur á.” Legal domicile must be registered: “Innflytjandi og aðrir rétthafar tollfríðindanna, sem taka sér bólfestu hér á landi, verði með skráð lögheimili hér á landi í samræmi við lög um lögheimili.” Alcohol and tobacco are excluded: “Áfengi og tóbak í búslóðum er ekki tollfrjálst”
Forms and the UK
Skatturinn names two forms. “Í þessum tilvikum telst undirritun innflytjanda á sérstakt tollskýrslueyðublað (E1.3, pdf) jafngilda yfirlýsingu hans um að tollfrelsisskilyrðunum sé fullnægt.” The household-goods statement is form TS-108. No country of departure is named on that page, so the UK case is not yet confirmed; ask Icelandic customs through your removal company.
A car you bring
Skatturinn’s page on vehicles says “Við fullnaðartollafgreiðslu ökutækja þarf að greiða lögboðin aðflutningsgjöld.” Collection of the excise can wait: “Heimilt er þó að fresta innheimtu vörugjalds af ökutæki þess sem flytur hingað til lands til varanlegrar búsetu í allt að einn mánuð frá komudegi flutningsfars til landsins.” It adds “Á þessum mánuði þarf að ganga frá skráningu hjá Samgöngustofu og greiðslu gjalda hjá Skattinum.” No amounts were read and no departure country is named, so the charge for your car is not yet confirmed. The car shipping guide covers the shipping side.
What we did not read
We did not read the rules on pets, on registering your home with the national registry, or on pension and tax, and none is stated here. For the British end, the UK customs documentation checklist lists the papers.
The notes above apply to every Icelandic town. A calendar of the steps is in the international moving checklist.
By sea
Which sea routes carry a household to Iceland?
Three shipping lines publish pages we could read. None names a price for a household, and none was asked about a UK port beyond what is quoted. The sea freight guide explains the options in general.
Eimskip
Eimskip’s sailing page says “Calls at Rotterdam provide onward distribution into continental Europe, while Teesport offers efficient access to UK markets.” Its list of other services says “We handle customs services, bulk cargo as well as personal effects.” Household moves are sold through a partner: “TVG-Zimsen hefur umsjón með þjónustu og sölu Eimskip búslóða fyrir hönd Eimskips.” In English: TVG-Zimsen manages the service and sale of Eimskip household moves for Eimskip. See the Eimskip household-goods page (opens in a new window).
Samskip
Samskip’s page on household goods to Iceland says “Panta þarf allan flutning með minnst þriggja (3) daga fyrirvara”, that is, book all transport at least three days ahead. For a full container it says “Sjö (7) dögum eftir komudag skips reiknast gáma- og stæðaleiga.”: container and bay rent starts seven days after the ship arrives. We found no UK port on the page.
Smyril Line
Smyril Line Cargo lists “Mykines Schedule Torlakshöfn IS → Tórshavn FO → Rotterdam NL”, a weekly schedule that calls at Thorlakshofn. The passenger and vehicle ferry Norröna is shown as “Norröna Schedule Hirtshals DK → Tórshavn FO → Seyðisfjörður IS → Tórshavn FO”, and its page says “Sail between Denmark and Iceland weekly from mid-March to late November.” So a driven move by ferry has no sailing in the winter months on that page.
The three lines were read on 4 November 2026; schedules change, so open the linked pages again before you book.
One city guide
Does Iceland have a city guide for my move?
One. Reykjavik is the only place where we found a published rule that names containers for household moves, so it has a guide of its own and the other places are named in the lists below.
Reykjavik
The Reykjavik guide reports the city’s land-use permit for moving containers, its processing times and a 2026 tariff that reads zero for them. It says plainly that no rule for parking a removal truck was found.
Akureyri
Akureyri has 20,284 residents, over 20,000, and a street-closure ordinance that we read only by eye in a file we could not check by machine, so we use none of its wording. We found no moving rule for it that we can verify, and it is named here, not given a page.
Other places
Where is my town named?
Every place that had an address on the old site is named on this page or on the Reykjavik guide. Statistics Iceland counts by municipality, so only municipalities carry a figure; towns are named without one.
Reykjanes peninsula
Municipalities with their population on 1 January 2026: Reykjanesbaer (22,697), Vogar (1,896) and Grindavik (819). Towns and villages named: Keflavik, Njardvik, Sandgerdi and Gardur.
South
Municipalities with their population on 1 January 2026: Arborg (12,671), Hveragerdi (3,344) and Vestmannaeyjar (4,518). Towns and villages named: Selfoss, Thorlakshofn and Hofn.
West
Municipalities with their population on 1 January 2026: Akranes (8,440) and Stykkisholmur (1,300). Towns and villages named: Borgarnes, Olafsvik and Isafjordur.
North
Municipalities with their population on 1 January 2026: Akureyri (20,284). Towns and villages named: Saudarkrokur, Husavik, Siglufjordur and Dalvik.
East
Municipalities with their population on 1 January 2026: Fjardabyggd (5,228). Towns and villages named: Neskaupstadur, Eskifjordur, Reydarfjordur and Egilsstadir.
The Reykjavik guide names Kopavogur, Hafnarfjordur, Gardabaer, Mosfellsbaer, Seltjarnarnes and Alftanes. Population is the Statistics Iceland table MAN02005. We did not read a moving rule for any place on this page other than Reykjavik.
Facts checked: 4 November 2026. Official pages change, so open the linked sources again before paying a deposit.
All pages
Both Iceland pages in one list
This section has two pages: the country page you are on and the Reykjavik guide. A town that is on neither can be written into your enquiry, and we will match it to the closer one.
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Questions
Quick answers before you move to Iceland
Is Iceland in the EU for customs?
No. Iceland is in the EEA, and the EEA’s binding provisions leave out the customs union.
A move from the UK runs through a customs declaration; the paperwork notes on this page give the household-goods conditions.
Is there duty relief for household goods?
Yes, if conditions are met: 12 months of residence abroad, goods owned and used for a year, brought within six months.
Skatturinn’s page names no departure country, so a UK arrival is not yet confirmed.
Does any Icelandic city name house moves?
Reykjavik names containers for household moves among uses of city land that need a permit.
The Reykjavik guide gives the processing time and the 2026 tariff, and says no truck-parking rule was found.
Can I bring a car?
Statutory import charges apply, and the excise can be deferred for up to one month from arrival.
The amounts were not read and are not yet confirmed.
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