List of ambassadors of Iceland to the Soviet Union explained

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.

List of ambassadors

NameAppointmentTermination of mission
1Pétur Benediktsson21 January 194430 January 1951
2Helgi P. Briem30 January 195111 September 1953
3Pétur Thorsteinsson11 September 19531 January 1961
4Kristinn Guðmundsson1 January 196131 December 1967
5Oddur Guðjónsson1 January 19688 October 1974
6Hannes Jónsson8 October 197418 July 1980
7Haraldur Kröyer18 July 198031 January 1985
8Páll Ásgeir Tryggvason31 January 198513 January 1987
9Tómas Á. Tómasson13 January 198717 January 1990
10Ólafur Egilsson17 January 19908 December 1991

See also

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