Nordic Citizen Legal-Domicile Registration

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Which citizenship, status or regional agreement creates the person's right to move/reside?

Citizenship of Denmark (incl. Faroe Islands and Greenland), Finland (incl. Åland), Norway or Sweden. Those moving from other Nordic countries are covered by the Nordic agreement on public registration, and the EEA/EFTA registration page directs Nordic nationals to a separate page.

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Limits of the record

The captured pages describe the registration agreement; they do not name the treaty that confers the underlying right to reside.

https://www.skra.is/english/people/change-of-address/moving-to-iceland/i-am-a-nordic-national/
Nordic national are from Denmark (including the Faroe Islands and Greenland), Finland (including the Åland Islands), Norway or Sweden
https://www.skra.is/english/people/change-of-address/moving-to-iceland/i-am-a-nordic-national/staying-more-than-6-months/
The Nordic agreement on public registration between Denmark (including Greenland and the Åland Islands), Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden applies to those who move to Iceland from other Nordic countries.
https://island.is/en/registration-of-eea-efta-foreign-nationals
If you are a Nordic national from Denmark (including the Faroe Islands, Greenland and the Åland Islands), Finland, Norway or Sweden you should go to the following page:

Under which circumstances can the person reside: worker, self-employed, student, jobseeker, self-funded person or another recognised basis?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the bases on which the person may reside.

What entry, registration or residence-document formalities remain?

Anyone staying longer than 6 months must register legal residence in person at Registers Iceland within 7 days of arrival (police station in rural areas), bringing a passport or valid travel document. Registration is required; only one legal domicile in the Nordic countries can be registered and Registers Iceland notifies the departure country. First registration gives an Icelandic ID number.

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https://www.skra.is/english/people/change-of-address/moving-to-iceland/i-am-a-nordic-national/staying-more-than-6-months/
If you plan to stay in Iceland for longer than 6 months, you must register your legal residence in Iceland. You must appear within 7 days of arrival at the Registers Iceland office. For rural areas, you must register at the police station office.
https://www.skra.is/english/people/change-of-address/moving-to-iceland/i-am-a-nordic-national/staying-more-than-6-months/
Passport or other valid travel document.
https://www.skra.is/english/people/change-of-address/moving-to-iceland/i-am-a-nordic-national/staying-more-than-6-months/
The agreement stipulates that people can only register one legal domicile in the Nordic countries. When a legal domicile is registered in Iceland, Registers Iceland notifies the departure country of the registration in Iceland, and then the person is registered as having moved to Iceland in the national registry of the relevant country.
https://www.skra.is/english/people/change-of-address/moving-to-iceland/i-am-a-nordic-national/staying-more-than-6-months/
Residency for more than 6 months without registration of legal domicile is illegal
https://www.skra.is/english/people/change-of-address/moving-to-iceland/i-am-a-nordic-national/staying-more-than-6-months/
All persons who register a legal domicile in Iceland for the first time are listed in the National Registry and allocated a personal identification number.

Which non-member-country family members can accompany or join, and what broad rights do they receive?

A spouse of a Danish, Norwegian, Swedish or Finnish citizen residing in Iceland applies for residence as the spouse of an EEA/EFTA citizen. Immediate family of EEA/EFTA citizens (spouse, descendants under 21 or dependent, dependent parents/grandparents, custodial parent of an EEA child under 18) may reside and need a residence card for stays over three months; they may work without a work permit.

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Limits of the record

Only the spouse case is stated specifically for Nordic citizens; other family categories come from the general EEA/EFTA family page, which lists Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden as EEA/EFTA states.

https://island.is/en/help/directorate-of-immigration/residence-permits-types/maki-minn-er-rikisborgari-danmerkur-noregs-svithjod-finnlands-hvernig-saeki
If your spouse is an EEA/EFTA citizen residing in Iceland , you can apply for a residence right as a spouse of an EEA/EFTA citizen
https://island.is/en/residence-right-of-family-members-of-eea-efta-citizens
Spouse (marital or cohabiting spouse). Descendants, i.e. children or grandchildren of the EEA/EFTA citizen or his/her spouse, who are under the age of 21 or are their dependants. Dependent direct relatives in the ascending line and those of the spouse (parents/grandparents). Custodial parent living with their child who is an EEA/EFTA citizen and under 18 years of age.
https://island.is/en/residence-right-of-family-members-of-eea-efta-citizens
If immediate family members of EEA/EFTA citizens wish to reside in Iceland for longer than three months, they must apply for a residence card to the Directorate of Immigration.
https://island.is/en/residence-right-of-family-members-of-eea-efta-citizens/residence-card
Family members of EEA/EFTA citizens may work without a work permit in Iceland.

When do permanent/long-term rights arise and what continuity, absence or retention conditions matter?

An EEA/EFTA citizen who has resided lawfully in Iceland continuously for at least five years has the right to permanent residence; the right is void after more than two years continuously outside Iceland.

See recorded sources

Limits of the record

The source states the rule for EEA/EFTA citizens; no Nordic-specific permanent-residence page was found.

https://island.is/en/help/directorate-of-immigration/residence-permits-types/what-are-the-conditions-for-permanent-residence-rights-for-eea-efta-citizens
An EEA/EFTA citizen, who has resided lawfully in Iceland continuously for at least five years, has the right to permanent residence.
https://island.is/en/help/directorate-of-immigration/residence-permits-types/what-are-the-conditions-for-permanent-residence-rights-for-eea-efta-citizens
The right is void if the person concerned resides outside Iceland for over two years continuously.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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Nordic Citizen Legal-Domicile Registration

Which citizenship, status or regional agreement creates the person's right to move/reside?

Under which circumstances can the person reside: worker, self-employed, student, jobseeker, self-funded person or another recognised basis?

What entry, registration or residence-document formalities remain?

Which non-member-country family members can accompany or join, and what broad rights do they receive?

When do permanent/long-term rights arise and what continuity, absence or retention conditions matter?

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