Hans Georg Andersen Explained

Hans Georg Andersen
Office:	Ambassador of Iceland to Belgium
Predecessor:	Agnar Klemens Jónsson
Successor:	Pétur Thorsteinsson
Office2:	Ambassador of Iceland to Sweden
Predecessor2:	Magnús Vignir Magnússon
Successor2:	Árni Tryggvason1 July 1963 to 31 August 1969
Office3:	Ambassador of Iceland to Norway
Predecessor3:	Haraldur Guðmundsson
Successor3:	Agnar Klemens Jónsson
Office4:	Ambassador of Iceland to United States
Predecessor4:	Haraldur Kröyer
Successor4:	Ingvi S. Ingvarsson
Birth Date:	12 May 1919
Birth Place:	Winnipeg
Father:	Franz Albert
Mother:	Thora Gudmundsdottir
Spouse:	on Oct. 6, 1946 he married Astrid vr Helgadottir
Children:	Thora, Gunnar
Alma Mater:	1941: L.L. B. University of Iceland, 1945: L.L.M. Harvard Law School

Hans Georg Andersen (May 12, 1919  - April 25, 1994) was an Icelandic diplomat.

• From 1946 to 1954 he was legal adviser to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Iceland).
• In 1948 he was admitted to the bar.
• From 1954 to 1 June 1962 he was permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council in Brussels with coacredition in Paris.
• From 1 June 1962 to 1 July 1963 he was Ambassador in Stockholm.
• On 7 September 1962 he was coaccreditated in Helsinki.
• From 1 July 1963 to 31 August 1969 he was Ambassador in Oslo with coaccredition in Prague.
• From 31 August 1969 to 21 July 1976 he was legal adviser in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Iceland).
• From 21 July 1976 to 24 November 1986 he was Ambassador in Washington, D.C.
• From 6 October 1976 to 28 April 1987 he was coaccreditated in Ottawa.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Mervyn O. Pragnell, Ann Patricia RogersBurke's The International Year Book and Statesmen's Who's who, Peerage Limited, 1985, p. 18p.25