National Olympic and Sports Association of Iceland

The National Olympic and Sports Association of Iceland (Icelandic: Íþrótta- og Ólympíusamband Íslands) (abbreviated ÍSÍ) is the National Olympic Committee representing Iceland, and the highest authority for sporting activity in the country. The main tasks of the ÍSÍ are to promote, coordinate and organize sporting activities in Iceland, as well as to promote the development of sport, as well as public sport events. The ÍSÍ was created in 1997 when the Icelandic Sports Federation (est. 1912) and Olympic Committee of Iceland merged. The ÍSÍ has organized many popular pulic annual sporting events such as marathons and cycle to work schemes.