Post: | Ambassador |
Body: | Iceland to the Soviet Union |
Native Name: | Sendiherra Íslands í Sovétríkjunum |
Inaugural: | Pétur Benediktsson |
Formation: | 21 January 1944 |
Last: | Ólafur Egilsson |
Abolished: | 8 December 1991 |
Succession: | Ambassador of Iceland to Russia |
Iceland's first ambassador to the Soviet Union was Pétur Benediktsson in 1944. Iceland's last ambassador to the Soviet Union was Ólafur Egilsson in 1991.
Name | Appointment | Termination of mission | ||
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1 | Pétur Benediktsson | 21 January 1944 | 30 January 1951 | |
2 | Helgi P. Briem | 30 January 1951 | 11 September 1953 | |
3 | Pétur Thorsteinsson | 11 September 1953 | 1 January 1961 | |
4 | Kristinn Guðmundsson | 1 January 1961 | 31 December 1967 | |
5 | Oddur Guðjónsson | 1 January 1968 | 8 October 1974 | |
6 | Hannes Jónsson | 8 October 1974 | 18 July 1980 | |
7 | Haraldur Kröyer | 18 July 1980 | 31 January 1985 | |
8 | Páll Ásgeir Tryggvason | 31 January 1985 | 13 January 1987 | |
9 | Tómas Á. Tómasson | 13 January 1987 | 17 January 1990 | |
10 | Ólafur Egilsson | 17 January 1990 | 8 December 1991 |