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The Radar Agency
Ratsjárstofnun
Agency overview
Formed1987
Dissolved2008
TypeDefence Agency
StatusDissolved
HeadquartersReykjavík
Websiteratsjarstofnun.is

The Radar Agency (Icelandic: Ratsjárstofnun) was an Icelandic government agency that was under the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. It was founded in 1987 after the government of Iceland and the United States had entered into an agreement on the takeover by the Icelanders of the operation and maintenance of the radar stations of the Iceland Defense Force. It was dissolved in 2008 with its mission moved to the newly founded Icelandic Defence Agency (Icelandic: Varnarmálastofnun).

References

  1. "Er Ratsjárstofnun íslensk?". Þjóðviljinn (in Icelandic). 9 September 1988. p. 5. Retrieved 27 July 2022 – via Tímarit.is. Open access icon
  2. Einar Örn Gíslason (10 December 2010). "Ekki vitað hvað tekur við eftir áramótin". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  3. "Skipuð forstjóri Varnarmálastofnunar". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 19 May 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2022.

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