Icelandic public broadcaster had nearly 300 full-time positions last year

Iceland's public broadcaster RÚV had 269 full-time-equivalent positions last year, including 119 news and programming roles, according to figures provided by Culture, Innovation and Higher Education Minister Logi Einarsson.

The figures came in response to a parliamentary question from Independence Party lawmaker Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson. In addition to the 269 positions, RÚV had 12 contracted full-time-equivalent news and programming roles last year.

RÚV's total number of positions peaked at 275 in 2024. The composition of its workforce has also changed since 2019. News positions increased from 64 to 70, while programming positions rose from 45 to 49. Together, the two groups grew from 109 to 119 positions, an increase of 9%.

The figures come shortly after reports that RÚV has made redundancies and plans to reduce its workforce by 10 to 15 full-time-equivalent positions as part of cost-cutting measures.