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01/06/2026

We always say work from anywhere, and today our colleague Helga is taking remote work to a whole new level 🤩 She is out near Miklabraut and Kringlumýrarbraut in Reykjavik, working from what might be our most ambitious office location yet. Come find her if you want to talk global hiring, or just admire the setup.

28/05/2026

Got a question about hiring in Denmark? You are in the right place.

26/05/2026

Excited to share that our CEO, David Rafn Kristjansson, will be speaking at the Scaling GTM Teams Beyond Iceland event this Thursday (May 28th) at Gróska! 🎤

David will be sharing how Employer of Record (EoR) services make it possible to hire globally without setting up a local entity, handling everything from contracts and payroll to local compliance.

If you're an Icelandic company thinking about international hiring or exploring how to retain talent across borders, meet us there!

Thank you for the invite Nobel Recruitment and Nanitor!

Register here:

Agenda: 16.00 – 16.30 Guests arrive + networking + coffee 16.30 – 17.00 Nobel Recruitment shares learnings on how to scale your commercial team abroad 17.00 –…

20/05/2026

The legal and operational reality of putting a sales rep on the ground in a foreign market. Read more:

Why Sales Team Expansion Is a Different Beast When a market opens up or a competitor moves in, the pressure to put someone on the ground arrives fast, and the cost of moving slowly shows up in the pi

18/05/2026

Swedish labour law has a lot of moving parts. We're breaking it down one post at a time, contracts, costs, compliance, and everything in between.
Have a question we haven't covered yet? Send it our way.

15/05/2026

Sweden is one of the more attractive hiring markets in Europe, and one of the most expensive ones to get wrong. The gross salary you agree with a candidate is only part of what you'll pay, and for companies budgeting for their first Swedish hire, the difference between the two numbers tends to come as a shock.

Read more in our latest article:

Sweden is one of the more attractive hiring markets in Europe, and one of the most expensive ones to get wrong. The gross salary you agree with a candidate is only part of what you'll pay, and for com

14/05/2026

Setting up a legal entity abroad takes months, costs tens of thousands, and comes with compliance risk most companies don't see coming. EOR is faster, simpler, and a fraction of the cost, and your new hire can start in just a few days.

13/05/2026

There is a reason so many US companies end up in Dublin when they expand into Europe. In this article, we are discussing what is actually behind that decision and what it takes to get it right.

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If you have ever looked at the European headquarters listings for Google, Meta, Apple, LinkedIn, and Airbnb and wondered why they all point to Dublin, you are not the only one. Ireland has become the

08/05/2026

⭐ Iceland Innovation Week 2026 ⭐

So many brilliant startups doing bold things in AI, climate, food and beyond. We loved every minute at our booth, endless of great conversations, meeting founders, clients and people full of ideas and ambition. Iceland's startup scene is alive and growing fast.

04/05/2026

The EU AI Act is the first comprehensive legal framework for artificial intelligence worldwide, and its reach is considerably broader than most non-European companies assume. It applies to any organisation that develops, deploys, or sells AI systems to users in the EU, regardless of where that organisation is headquartered.

Read more in our latest blog:

Somewhere between the technical interview and the offer letter, most companies hiring AI engineers forget to ask the question that is quickly becoming one of the most consequential in the industry: do