Where to activate your electronic ID in Iceland

Mostly bank branches, each with its own rules

In-person activation is done at registration points, and in practice that usually means a bank branch. Banks differ on whether they serve people who are not customers, what they charge and how you arrange a visit. Check a branch in your city for the ID it asks you to bring. Some municipal service centres help only with their own online portal, not with activation.

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1 office in Höfn

  • Höfn

    Landsbankinn — Hornafjörður

    Hafnarbraut 36, 780 Höfn

    Activation is free for Landsbankinn customers, while everyone else pays the bank’s current rate.

    Book an appointmentOffice website+3544104000

    Bring your device and valid original accepted ID: a passport, a physical driving licence from Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden or Finland, a qualifying EEA/Schengen travel identity card, an Icelandic identity card issued since 1 March 2024, or an Icelandic residence card. Your name and birth date must match Registers Iceland. Digital documents, old laminated paper cards, emergency passports and extended passports are not accepted. Under-18s need guardian consent: a guardian can sign electronically at mitt.audkenni.is, after which the applicant visits the branch within 30 days with valid ID. Alternatively, attend together with valid ID for both. Choose your PIN privately; nobody can activate the credentials on your behalf. Landsbankinn confirms that electronic-ID activation is free for its customers. For non-customers, the fee is ISK 1200 (tariff effective 25 August 2026); confirm the current charge when booking.

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