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233. gr. a
Almenn hegningarlög nr. 19/1940
- Target
- Public mockery, defamation, denigration, or threat of a person or group on listed grounds, or dissemination of such material
- Test
- Public. Includes pictures or symbols. Grounds (as amended 2022): ethnic or national origin, colour, race, religion, disability, sex characteristics, sexual orientation, or gender identity.
- Max
- Fine or imprisonment up to 2 years
Hver sem opinberlega hæðist að, rógber, smánar eða ógnar manni eða hópi manna með ummælum eða annars konar tjáningu, svo sem með myndum eða táknum, vegna þjóðernisuppruna eða þjóðlegs uppruna, litarháttar, kynþáttar, trúarbragða, fötlunar, kyneinkenna, kynhneigðar eða kynvitundar, eða breiðir slíkt út, skal sæta sektum eða fangelsi allt að 2 árum.
Official Icelandic, almenn hegningarlög 233. gr. a as restated by lög nr. 13/2014 and amended by lög nr. 29/2022 (adding fötlunar, kyneinkenna, and replacing þjóðernis with þjóðernisuppruna eða þjóðlegs uppruna). Working English: anyone who publicly mocks, defames, denigrates, or threatens a person or group by comments or other expression, including pictures or symbols, on listed grounds, or disseminates such material — fine or up to 2 years.
Cite · Almenn hegningarlög nr. 19/1940, 233. gr. a · as of 2026-09-05
- Overlay. A 2025–2026 private-member bill would add an incitement-to-hatred gate; treat that as Unproven-as-quoted here.