The Soroptimist movement was brought to Iceland in the year 1959. The first club was chartered on September 19th this same year by Ulla av Buren from Sweden. Fourteen years passed until the next club was chartered and then in Hafnafjörður and Garðabær. Following that the number of clubs increased rapidly. The Soroptimist Union of Iceland was established in June 1974. Today the clubs in Iceland are 16 around the country.

Icelandic Soroptimists have supported Soroptimist International projects from the beginning but they have also participated in many good projects within the country.

Information about the current president of the Icelandic Union and other members of the board can be found here (in icelandic).

We are pleased to give further information concerning Icelandic Soroptimists.

Contact Information:

Address:
Hamraborg 10
IS-200 Kópavogur
Iceland

Email: soroptimist@soroptimist.is

The Soroptimist clubs in Iceland are now 17. The first club to be founded in 1959 was the Reykjavík club. The youngest club, Suðurland, was founded in october 2009.

Physical distribution of the clubs in Iceland

Most of the clubs are located in the south west part of Iceland. On the picture below the physical location of the clubs are shown with a number.

On the right site of the page, the clubs are listed in the order of the number on the picture.