List of tallest buildings and structures in Iceland

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates This is a list of the tallest buildings and structures in Iceland.

Tallest buildings

Rank Name Image City Year Height Floors
1 Smáratorg Tower File:S5020844.jpg Kópavogur 2007 Script error: No such module "convert". 20[1]
2 Hallgrímskirkja File:Hallgrímskirkja in 2019.jpg Reykjavík 1986 Script error: No such module "convert". [2]
3 Höfðatorg Tower 1 File:Borgartún, Reykjavík.jpg Reykjavík 2009 Script error: No such module "convert". 19[3]
4 Vatnsstígur 16–18 File:Vatnsstígur 18-Reykjavik.jpg Reykjavík 2006–2010 Script error: No such module "convert". 19[4]
5 Norðurturninn Kópavogur 2016 Script error: No such module "convert". 15[5]
6 Grand Hótel Reykjavík File:Grand hótel, Reykjavík 2013-09-06 09-32.jpg Reykjavík 2007 Script error: No such module "convert". (est) 14[6]
7 House of Commerce File:Street near Kringlan mall.jpg Reykjavík 1975–1981 Script error: No such module "convert". 14
8 Stillholt 19–21 Akranes 2006–2007 Script error: No such module "convert".
9 Harpa Concert Hall File:Harpa 2019 44 DSCF9551.jpg Reykjavík 2011 Script error: No such module "convert". 4[7]

Tallest structures

An incomplete list of the tallest structures in Iceland. This list contains all types of structures.

Rank Name Image City Year Structure type Height Notes
1 Hellissandur longwave radio mast File:Loran mast Hellisandur.JPG Hellissandur 1963 Guyed mast Template:Cvt Insulated against ground; used unti 1994 for LORAN-C, then for RÚV longwave broadcasting until 2024; tallest structure in Western Europe[8]
2 NRTF Grindavík (mast 1) File:Naval Radio Transmitter Facility Grindavík.jpg Grindavík 1993 Template:Cvt Used for military LF transmission[9]
3 Kárahnjúkar Dam Kárahnjúkar 2006 Dam Template:Cvt
4 NRTF Grindavík (mast 2) Grindavík 1983 Guyed mast Template:Cvt Used for military LF transmission
5 Jórvík Fjarskiptastöð Selfoss 1997 Lattice mast Template:Cvt Television (DVB), FM radio and cellular.[10]
6 Úlfarsfell TV, radio and telecom tower Mosfellsbær 2020 Lattice mast Template:Cvt Main transmittter site for the Reykjavík area for television (DVB), FM radio and cellular. Replaced Vatnsendi site. Constructed jointly by RÚV and Vodafone. Template:Cvt above sea level.[11]
7 Telecom tower, Hvolsvöllur Hvolsvöllur 1976 Lattice mast Template:Cvt Originally erected in 1967 at Hraunhóll, Vík. Moved to current location for Iceland Telecom's microwave transmission network in 1976.[12][13]
8 Telecom tower, Selfoss Selfoss 1966 Monopole mast Template:Cvt Originally constructed for Iceland Telecom's microwave transmission network.[14]

Demolished

This lists structures in Iceland that were at least Script error: No such module "convert". and have since been demolished.

Rank Name Image City Year constructed Year demolished Structure type Height Notes
1 NRTF Grindavík (former mast 1) Grindavík 1993 Guyed mast Template:Cvt Used for military LF transmission; dismantled in 1993.
2 Eiðar longwave transmitter (third) File:RelaystationEiðar.jpg Eiðar, East Iceland 1999 2023 Guyed mast Template:Cvt Used since 18 November 1999 for longwave radio broadcasting on 207 kHz, demolished in 2023.[15]
3 LORAN-C mast Hellissandur Hellissandur 1959 1963 Guyed mast Template:Cvt Insulated against ground; used for LORAN-C transmission, until the Template:Cvt mast at Hellissandur was built in 1963, being then dismantled.
4 Longwave radio transmitter, Vatnsendahæð File:RÚV Longwave transmission masts, Vatnsendahæð, Vatnsendi, Iceland.png Vatnsendahæð, Vatnsendi, Kópavogur 1930 1991 Double-guyed masts Template:Cvt RÚV's first longwave radio facility. Two masts, forming a T-antenna. In 1991 the north mast collapsed in a storm.[16] Subsequently the south mast was demolished.[17]
5 Reykjavík Radio "TFA", Telegraph Station in Melarnir File:Loftskeytastöðin á Melum, Reykjavík - TFA - 1918.png Vesturbær, Reykjavík 1918 1953 Double-guyed masts Template:Cvt First wireless telegraphy station in Iceland. Used for international telegraph services and ship-to-shore comms. Demolished in 1953 due to proximity to Reykjavík Airport.[18]
6 Eiðar longwave transmitter (second) File:RÚV Eiðar medium wave transmitter, 1951.png Eiðar, East Iceland 1951/1956 1998 Double-guyed masts Template:Cvt Built in 1951 for medium wave AM broadcasts, replacing earlier Template:Cvt masts. Second mast added in 1956 and converted to longwave transmissions.[19] Demolished in 1998 and replaced by taller single mast (see above).[20]
7 (Temporary) Longwave transmitter, Vatnsendahæð Vatnsendahæð, Vatnsendi, Kópavogur 1991 2021 Double-guyed masts Template:Cvt Requisitioned from Iceland Telecom as a temporary solution for longwave broadcasts.[21] Two masts forming a T-antenna. LW broadcasts ceased in 1997,[22] and was demolished in 2021.[23]

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