An Icelandic swimming pool has been forced to put up signs forbidding men from using hair dryers on their privates.

The notice was put up by managers at the Sundhollin pool, in the Icelandic capital of Reykjavik, after they received complaints from swimmers.

One disgruntled visitor Haraldur Jónasson decided to do something about it and wrote an article for a local paper under the title 'This is not a scrotum dryer.'

An Icelandic swimming pool has put up a sign (pictured) forbidding men from using hair dryers on their privates

The article denounced this misuse of the blow-dryers as an example of inconsiderate and offensive behaviour at swimming pools and gyms.

This prompted the management at the pool to impose official rules at the pool complex.

Under Rule number 1 it says: 'Don't dry your scrotum or your behind with the communal hairdryer in the swimming pool or the gym.

The notice was put up by managers at the Sundhollin pool (pictured), in the Icelandic capital of Reykjavik, after they received complaints from swimmers

'Bald older gentlemen with hairy torsos must either bring their own blow-dryers or just buy a more absorbent towel.'

Sources told Iceland Magazine, that the rules were posted last year.

Icelanders are notorious for the significance they attach to swimming pool etiquette and adhering to the rules.