List of Icelandic breeds

This is a list of the animal breeds of Iceland.

English name Local name Notes Image Icelandic Cattle Íslenski nautgripurinn Icelandic Chicken Íslenski hænsnastofninn Icelandic Goat Íslenska geitin Icelandic Horse Íslenski hesturinn Icelandic Leadersheep Forystufé Icelandic Pig Íslenska svínið extinct Icelandic Sheep Íslenska sauðkindin Icelandic Sheepdog Íslenski fjárhundurinn

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Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. .

Breed Data Sheet: Country: Iceland. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed July 2026.

FCI-Standard N° 289: Íslenskur Fjárhundur (Icelandic Sheepdog). Fédération Cynologique Internationale. Accessed November 2022.

List of breeds in EAAP-AGDB: Iceland totally. Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, School of Veterinary Medicine Hannover. Archived 14 October 2007.