List of ambassadors of Iceland to Denmark explained

Post:Ambassador
Body:Iceland to Denmark
Native Name:Sendiherra Íslands í Danmörku
Incumbent:Árni Þór Sigurðsson
Incumbentsince:2023
Inaugural:Sveinn Björnsson
Formation:16 August 1920

Iceland's first ambassador to Denmark was Sveinn Björnsson in 1920. Iceland's current ambassador to Denmark is Árni Þór Sigurðsson.

List of ambassadors

NameAppointmentTermination of mission
1Sveinn Björnsson16 August 19201 June 1924
-Sveinn Björnsson1 July 192617 June 1941
2Jakob Möller20 August 194530 December 1950
3Stefán Þorvarðsson30 December 195020 August 1951
4Sigurður Nordal12 October 19519 August 1957
5Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson9 August 195722 May 1965
6Gunnar Thoroddsen22 May 19651 January 1970
7Sigurður Bjarnason1 February 197012 February 1976
8Agnar Klemens Jónsson12 February 197617 January 1980
9Einar Ágústsson17 January 198012 April 1986
10Hörður Helgason29 May 198625 January 1991
11Ingvi S. Ingvarsson25 January 19919 March 1994
12Ólafur Egilsson9 March 199413 February 1996
13Róbert Trausti Árnason13 February 199615 April 1999
14Helgi Ágústsson15 April 199924 March 2003
15Þorsteinn Pálsson24 March 200322 November 2005
16Svavar Gestsson22 November 200515 February 2010
17Sturla Sigurjónsson15 February 20102014
18Benedikt Jónsson20142019
19Helga Hauksdóttir20192023
20Árni Þór Sigurðsson2023incumbent

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