Our Role

Iceland Music works in the interest of Icelandic music and the musicians who have given Iceland a distinctive place on the world stage. Our main goal is to strengthen Icelandic music both at home and abroad.

We provide advice and training, support music-related companies, promote Icelandic music and musicians internationally, and manage a sheet-music collection totalling over 11.000 Icelandic works.
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Our work aims to ensure diversity, vitality, and a modern working environment for Iceland’s music community – so that artists can create, grow, and succeed anywhere in the world.

Our mission is:

To serve as a collaborative platform for businesses, interest groups, cultural institutions, educational institutions, and government bodies regarding music policy and actions.
To operate the revamped Music Fund.
To promote and sell Icelandic music, and facilitate sheet music distribution for Icelandic compositions.
To advise and service artists and music companies with exporting their music to other markets
To undertake specific tasks related to research and statistics on the Icelandic music industry.
To support the preservation of cultural heritage in music through advice, education, and services.