The set includes the famous Icelandic pop singer Bjork, who won the Nobel Prize in Music (Polar Music Prize), the band post rock Sigur ros and novelist Halldór Laxness, winner of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1955. Icelanders are still citizens the former world chess champion Bobby Fischer, who acquired the nationality of the March 21, 2005, and the pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy, who adopted the nationality of Iceland in 1972.

The literacy rate in Iceland is among the highest in the world, with widespread taste for literature, chess and other hobbies like that.

The Icelandic society and culture are very "friendly" to women, since women are in positions of prominence in government and in business, it is noted that women's name after marriage.

Iceland has a lively nightlife. Downtown Reykjavik has plenty of bars where bands often find themselves working. Note that the major social problems are related to alcoholism.