Births at Akureyri Hospital in 2025

The first child of the year in North Icelandis and the first child of her parents, Brá Svafarsdóttir and Ragnar Árnason, whom we warmly congratulate.

A total of 389 children were born at Akureyri Hospital last year, including two sets of twins. Of those newborns, 169 were girls and 220 were boys — a noticeably higher number of boys than girls.

The total number of births is slightly below the five-year average of around 404 births per year, according to the hospital’s maternity ward.

✨ A special milestone:
The first child born in North Iceland this year arrived at 07:09 on New Year’s morning. She is a healthy baby girl weighing 4 kg, and she comes from Grímsey Island, near the Arctic Circle — a small community with only about 60 residents.