Is surrogacy legal in Iceland?
Banned
All surrogacy arrangements are illegal in Iceland.
Iceland is one of 12 countries classified “Banned” for surrogacy — 27% of the 44 with data.
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Surrogacy laws by country
- Last checked
- 7 July 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- Ireland
- Unregulated Ireland has no specific law governing surrogacy, with only guidelines for Irish nationals abroad.
- United Kingdom
- Altruistic only Altruistic surrogacy is legal in the UK, but commercial arrangements are prohibited under the Surrogacy Arrangements Act 1985.
- Sweden
- Unregulated Sweden has no legal regulations for surrogacy, though it is illegal in Swedish healthcare.
- Netherlands
- Altruistic only Altruistic surrogacy is legal in the Netherlands, but commercial surrogacy is illegal.
- Finland
- Banned Finland has prohibited all surrogacy arrangements since 2007.
- Belgium
- Altruistic only Belgium allows only altruistic surrogacy, where intended parents pay only for related expenses, though there is no legal framework for the process.
Other laws in Iceland
- Abortion
- Legal on request
- Suicide Laws
- Not a crime
- FGM Laws
- Specifically banned
A visual reference compiled from Wikipedia’s law-by-country articles, not legal advice. Laws change and summaries simplify — check a primary source before relying on anything here.