The Icelandic Esperanto Association (Esperanto: Islanda Esperanto-Asocio; Icelandic: Íslenska esperantosambandið, Esperantosamband Íslands) is one of the national associations of the Universal Esperanto Association (UEA). It was founded in 1950[1] and joined the Universal Esperanto Association in 1975. It publishes a magazine called La velo (The Sail). Its president is Hannes Högni Vilhjálmsson (as of November 2014).
The association has twice hosted the World Esperanto Congress: the 62nd in the summer of 1977 and the 98th in Reykjavík from July 20 to July 27, 2013.[1]
The first national Esperanto association in Iceland, Samband íslenzkra esperantista, was founded in 1931.[2]