Registration starts on Wednesday June 13th, between: 16:00-19:00, at Haskolabio (main entrance hall).
Registration starts again on Thursday at 07:30 and the Opening Ceremony starts at 8:30.


Thorunn Ingolfsdottir
Congress secretariat

All abstracts are already published on the website but are also included in your abstract book.
Scientific Committee

Dear congress participants. The opening ceremony of the 15th Nordic congress of general practice is just around the corner. Almost 1300 participants are registered including more than 150 junior doctors.  The Scientific program has over 200 events. A fantastic social program with endless options of pre- and postcongress possibilities.
We await you with great anticipation. We want you to enjoy everything  so read all available information regarding the congress and out-of-congress activity. Then when you start your trip, relax and enjoy. Iceland is different, original and panoramic and we promise - those will be memorable days!   

On behalf of the Organising committee


Thorir B Kolbeinsson

 As always at congresses it is becoming obvious that some Social events are more popular than others.  We therefore encourage you to remember to register early for those events you are considering to attend, before they become sold out.  

Breaking news.
In the setting of top qualified musicicians and a magnificant church with great acoustic abilities, we invite you to a most enjoyable and memorable music experience on Thursday June 14th.  
Because of interest in the magnificent Concert, we have decided to offer it also as a seperate event.  In the current Social program this event starts with a Reykjavik City Sightseeing tour at 17:30 and ends with the Concert but  by registering by e-mail at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it   you can also come directly to the Hallgrímskirkja church where the Concert starts at 20:00.

April 12th 2007
Dear all. We are happy to inform you that altogether 198 scientific events will be presented at our congress, i.e. 7 Plenary lectures, 17 Symposia, 33 Workshops, and 141 Traditional research, education and debate papers (of which 75 are oral presentations and 66 are posters). The content of these contributions is wide-ranging and of high-quality and reflect innovative primary health care in the Nordic countries as well as in other parts of the world.

Johann Ag. Sigurdsson, professor, organising committee

The winner of the The Nordic Research Prize 2007 is Professor Marjukka Mäkelä (Finland). The prize will be handed over to professor Mäkelä at the closing ceremony Saturday June 16th

As of May 21st a total of  1.184 people have already registered for our congress.
You don’t want to miss out on this exciting conference so sign up as soon as possible!
Looking forward to seeing you all.

On behalf of the marketing committee,

Alma Eir Svavarsdóttir and Guðmundur Jörgensen.