Vaccine Scheduler
Iceland: Recommended vaccinations
| General recommendation | |
| Recommendation for specific groups only | |
| Catch-up (e.g. if previous doses missed) | |
| Vaccination not funded by the National Health system | |
| Mandatory vaccination |
| Weeks | Months | Years | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 18 | |||
| rotavirus infection | ROTA1 | ROTA | ROTA | ||||||||||||
| diphtheria | D | D | D | d | d2 | ||||||||||
| tetanus | TT | TT | TT | TT | TT2 | ||||||||||
| pertussis | acP | acP | acP | acp | acp3 | acp3 | |||||||||
| poliomyelitis | IPV | IPV | IPV | IPV4 | |||||||||||
| Haemophilus influenzae type b infection | Hib | Hib | Hib | ||||||||||||
| pneumococcal disease | PCV15 | PCV15 | PCV15 | PCV15+PPSV23 or PCV205 | |||||||||||
| meningococcal disease | MCV4 | ||||||||||||||
| measles | MEAS | MEAS | |||||||||||||
| mumps | MUMPS | MUMPS | |||||||||||||
| rubella | RUBE | RUBE | |||||||||||||
| varicella | VAR | VAR | |||||||||||||
| human papillomavirus infection | HPV9 (F/M)6 | HPV9 (F/M)7 | |||||||||||||
| influenza | IIV3/LAIV8 | IIV38 | |||||||||||||
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Footnotes:
- Rotavirus vaccine introduced in 2025, three dose schedule
- Td vaccine to be repeated every 10 years in case of wound injury or travel to diphtheria endemic countries. The use of a dTap vaccine is recommended to increase immunity against pertussis in the community.
- Repeat for pregnant women in second or third trimester of every pregnancy regardless of the time since last vaccination.
- Repeat every 10 years for individuals at risk. Not funded.
- Recommendation without funding. Details https://island.is/en/bolusetning-gegn-pneumokokkum
- As of 1.7.2023, gender neutral HPV vaccination. nine valent.
- Catch-up up to 18th birthday. For more information: https://island.is/en/human-papilloma-virus-hpv
- Annual vaccination (IIV3 to be re-introduced in 2026 with LAIV-3 for 2-4 year olds from 2026) - funded recommendation.
More information available at:
http://www.landlaeknir.is/smit-og-sottvarnir/bolusetningar/bolusetningar-barna/ http://www.landlaeknir.is/smit-og-sottvarnir/bolusetningar/bolusetningar-fullordinna/
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References
http://www.landlaeknir.is/smit-og-sottvarnir/bolusetningar/bolusetningar-barna/ (children)
http://www.landlaeknir.is/smit-og-sottvarnir/bolusetningar/bolusetningar-fullordinna/ (adults)
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Date of last update: 5 February 2026
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