Icelandic Crisis Response Unit

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The Icelandic Crisis Response Unit or Íslenska Friðargæslan, is an 80-person paramilitary unit operated by the Icelandic Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It is primarily designated for peacekeeping operations and has been on peacekeeping operations in former territories of Yugoslavia, Kosovo, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka

Iceland sent its first peacekeepers in 1950, when two Icelandic policemen were sent to Palestine as a part of an UN peacekeeping operation. Since then Icelandic specialists have taken part in various peacekeeping operations, mostly within the UN, but recently also within NATO.

Contents 1 Officer ranks of the Icelandic Crisis Response Unit 2 Enlisted ranks of the Icelandic Crisis Response Unit 3 Sources 4 See also

[edit] Officer ranks of the Icelandic Crisis Response Unit

NATO Code	OF-10	OF-9	OF-8	OF-7	OF-6	OF-5	OF-4	OF-3	OF-2	OF-1		OF-D-	Student Officer
Iceland	No Equivalent	No Equivalent	No Equivalent	No Equivalent	NoEquivalent							No Equivalent	No Equivalent
Ranks						Ofursti (Colonel)	Undirofursti (Lt. Col.)	Majór (Major)	Kafteinn (Captain)	Liðsforingi (1st Lt.)	Undirliðsforingi (2nd Lt)

[edit] Enlisted ranks of the Icelandic Crisis Response Unit

NATO Code	OR-9						OR-8		OR-7		OR-6						OR-5						OR-4		OR-3		OR-2						OR-1
Iceland						No Equivalent	No Equivalent	No Equivalent	No Equivalent	No Equivalent																No Equivalent	No Equivalent
Ranks											Flokksstjóri 1. (Mstr. Sgt.)						Flokksstjóri 2. (Sergeant)						Korporáll (Corporal)										óbreyttur (Private)

[edit] Sources

• Þátttaka Íslands í alþjóðlegri friðargæslu
• Reykjavík Grapevine 2004 issue 8

[edit] See also

• Military of Iceland