24. mar. 2026Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Social Affairs and Housing, Social Welfare and Families
Government of Iceland | Social welfare and families
Social welfare and families
Ministry of Justice
Ministry of Social Affairs and Housing
The family, in all its variety of forms, is the basic unit of society. Both the state and local authorities have various obligations to promote the well-being of every family, taking their differing needs and circumstances into consideration. Among those areas which fall under Social Welfare and Families are children's affairs, matters in connection with marriage and co-habitation, child abduction, adoption, disabled, senior citizens' and municipalities' social services