The LandspÃÂtali â The National University Hospital of Iceland () offers a wide range of clinical services in outpatient clinics, day patient units, inpatient wards, clinical laboratories and other divisions. LandspÃÂtalinn also operates the psychiatric hospital Kleppur.
The original LandspÃÂtali began operations on 20 December 1930. Ideas for a hospital that served the whole country was not new; in 1863, Jón HjaltalÃÂn, the then Director of Health, proposed a bill that would establish such a hospital, but the bill was not voted on.
During the period from 1863 to 1930, several hospitals operated in ReykjavÃÂk. The founding of LandspÃÂtali was the product of a long, hard struggle in which women were at the forefront and have ever since played a huge role in the country's hospital matters. In 2000, the Reykjavik City Hospital merged with LandspÃÂtali, and the new merged hospital was renamed as LandspÃÂtali University Hospital (LandspÃÂtali háskólasjúkrahús; LSH) until it reverted to its original name in 2007.
Approximately 70% of Icelandic children are born in the hospital.