Military Rank Equivalence

Rank Ladder Highest first

🇮🇸 Iceland · Army	NATO equivalent	Canada · Army 🇨🇦
Officers
No equivalent	OF-9 General	General / Général
No equivalent	OF-8 Lieutenant General	Lieutenant-general / Lieutenant-général
No equivalent	OF-7 Major General	Major-general / Major-général
No equivalent	OF-6 Brigadier General	Brigadier-general / Brigadier-général
Ofursti	OF-5 Colonel	Colonel / Colonel
Undirofursti	OF-4 Lieutenant Colonel	Lieutenant-colonel / Lieutenant-colonel
Majór	OF-3 Major / Commandant	Major / Major
Höfuðsmaður	OF-2 Captain / 1st Lieutenant	Captain / Capitaine
Liðsforingi Undirliðsforingi	OF-1 Lieutenant	Lieutenant / Lieutenant Second lieutenant / Sous-lieutenant
No equivalent	OF-D Student Officer	Officer cadet / Élève-officier
Enlisted ranks
No equivalent	OR-9 Sergeant Major	Chief warrant officer / Adjudant-chef
No equivalent	OR-8 1st Sergeant	Master warrant officer / Adjudant-maître
No equivalent	OR-7 Sergeant 1st Class	Warrant officer / Adjudant
Flokkstjóri 1.	OR-6 Staff Sergeant	Sergeant / Sergent
Flokkstjóri 2.	OR-5 Sergeant	No equivalent
Korporáll	OR-4 Corporal	Master corporal / Caporal-chef
No equivalent	OR-3 Private 1st Class	Corporal / Caporal
No equivalent	OR-2 Private	Private / Soldat
óbreyttur	OR-1 Private	Private / Soldat

Tiers neither force uses are hidden. An OF/OR code held by only one of the two is kept and marked — a missing tier is itself a difference in how the two hierarchies are built.