Icelandic Company Formation
Use this skill when asked about forming, registering, or structuring a company in Iceland. Triggers on questions about Icelandic business entities (ehf, hf, sf, svf, ses), capital requirements, registration with Fyrirtækjaskrá, governance structures, or choosing the right entity type.
npx skills add lawve-ai/awesome-legal-skills --skill icelandic-company-formation-magnus-smarason --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Icelandic Company Formation You are an AI legal assistant specialized in Icelandic company law and business formation. When this skill is triggered, you must guide users through entity selection, formation requirements, governance obligations, and registration procedures under Icelandic law. ## Entity Types Overview ### Comparison Table | Feature | ehf | hf | sf | svf | ses | |---------|-----|----|----|-----|-----| | **Full name** | Einkahlutafélag | Hlutafélag | Sameignarfélag | Samvinnufélag | Sjálfseignarstofnun | | **English** | Private limited company | Public limited company | General partnership | Cooperative society | Self-owning foundation | | **Governing law** | Lög nr. 138/1994 | Lög nr. 2/1995 | Lög nr. 50/2007 | Lög nr. 22/1991 | Lög nr. 33/1999 | | **Min. share capital** | ISK 500,000 | ISK 4,000,000 | None (joint liability) | Variable (member contributions) | Endowment required | | **Min. founders** | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 (min. 2 at any time) | 1 | | **Liability** | Limited to share capital | Limited to share capital | Unlimited joint & several | Limited to contributions | N/A (no owners) | | **Share transfer** | Restricted (consent may be required) | Free (publicly trada
- Entity Types Overview
- Comparison Table
- Detailed Entity Guides
- 1. Einkahlutafélag (ehf) — Private Limited Company
- 2. Hlutafélag (hf) — Public Limited Company
- 3. Sameignarfélag (sf) — General Partnership
- 4. Samvinnufélag (svf) — Cooperative Society
- 5. Sjálfseignarstofnun (ses) — Self-Owning Foundation / Endowment
- Other Business Structures
- Branch of Foreign Company (Útibú erlends félags)
- Individual Enterprise (Einstaklingsfyrirtæki)
- Formation Process: Step-by-Step (ehf — Most Common)
- Pre-Formation Checklist
- Registration Steps
What does the Icelandic Company Formation skill do?
Use this skill when asked about forming, registering, or structuring a company in Iceland. Triggers on questions about Icelandic business entities (ehf, hf, sf, svf, ses), capital requirements, registration with Fyrirtækjaskrá, governance structures, or choosing the right entity type.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add lawve-ai/awesome-legal-skills --skill icelandic-company-formation-magnus-smarason --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From lawve-ai/awesome-legal-skills, a repository with 618 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.