List of twin towns and sister cities in Iceland
This is a list of municipalities in Iceland having standing links to local communities in other countries. In most cases, the association, especially when formalised by local government, is known as "town twinning" (though other terms, such as "partner towns" or "sister cities" are sometimes used instead) and in Icelandic as "vinabæir" (twin towns) and "vinaborgir" (twin cities) referring to friendship between the municipalities. While most of the places included are towns, the list also comprises villages, cities, districts, counties, etc. with similar links.
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Hamar, Norway Ittoqqortoormiit, Greenland Lund, Sweden Porvoo, Finland Viborg, Denmark
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Esbjerg, Denmark Eskilstuna, Sweden Gravelines, France Jyväskylä, Finland Qeqqata, Greenland Stavanger, Norway Vágar, Faroe Islands
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Akureyri, Island Bærum, Norway Baoding, China Cuxhaven, Germany Frederiksberg, Denmark Hämeenlinna, Finland Ilulissat, Greenland Tartu, Estonia Tvøroyri, Faroe Islands Uppsala, Sweden
Äänekoski, Finland Ikast-Brande, Denmark Örnsköldsvik, Sweden Sigdal, Norway Tarp, Germany
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Ammassalik, Greenland Klaksvík, Faroe Islands Mariehamn, Åland Islands, Finland Norrköping, Sweden Odense, Denmark Tampere, Finland Trondheim, Norway Wuhan, China
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Aalborg, Denmark Eastport, United States Fredrikstad, Norway Fuglafjørður, Faroe Islands Karlskoga, Sweden Qeqertarsuaq, Greenland Riihimäki, Finland
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Kerava, Finland Kristiansand, Norway Miðvágur (Vágar), Faroe Islands Orlando, United States Trollhättan, Sweden
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Seyðisfjörður terminated all its twinnings.[20]
Espoo, Finland Køge, Denmark Kongsberg, Norway Kristianstad, Sweden
Vestmanna, Faroe Islands
Faaborg-Midtfyn, Denmark Hole, Norway Kustavi, Finland Tanum, Sweden
Drammen, Norway Kolding, Denmark Lappeenranta, Finland Örebro, Sweden
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- "Vinabæir Selfoss". old.arborg.is (in Icelandic). Árborg. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- "Ystävyyskaupunkitoiminta". nokiankaupunki.fi (in Finnish). Nokia. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- "Puljer, tilskud og fonde". horsens.dk (in Danish). Horsens Kommune. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
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- "Vinabæir". grindavik.is (in Icelandic). Grindavík. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
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- "Vinabæir". nordurthing.is (in Icelandic). Norðurþing. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
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- "Vinabæir". skagafjordur.is (in Icelandic). Skagafjörður. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- "Vinabæjamót á Skagaströnd". skagastrond.is (in Icelandic). Skagaströnd. 14 July 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- "Om föreningen". vaxjo.norden.se (in Swedish). Växjö Norden. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- "Vinabæir Snæfellsbæjar". snb.is (in Icelandic). Snæfellsbær. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- "Kustavin kunnan ystävyyskunnat". kustavi.fi (in Finnish). Kustavi. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- "Vinabæjarmót í Stykkishólmi". stykkisholmur.is (in Icelandic). Stykkishólmur. 20 September 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- "Vänorter och kommunala partnerskap". borlange.se (in Swedish). Borlänge kommun. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
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