Helgi Pálson Briem Explained

Helgi Pálson Briem
Office:	Head of the mission of Iceland to Sweden
Successor:	Magnús Vignir Magnússon
Office2:	Ambassador of Iceland to Germany
Predecessor2:	Vilhjálmur Finsen
Successor2:	Pétur Thorsteinsson
Birth Date:	18 June 1902
Death Date:	^[1]
Spouse:	married in 1929, Doris Parker ^[2]
Children:	daughter Alfheidur Sylvia
Alma Mater:	Ph.D. of the University of Iceland and Candidatus philologiæ Political Science of the University of Copenhagen

Helgi Pálson Briem (June 18, 1902 – August 2, 1981) was an Icelandic diplomat.

In 1929 he was Director of Taxation.
From 1930 to 1932 he was Managing Director of the Fishery Bank of Iceland.
In 1932 he was Government Commercial Delegate.
In 1935 he was Commercial Attache in Madrid.
In 1937 he was Commercial Attache in Berlin.
In 1940 he was Commercial Attache in Lisbon.
From 1942 to 1948 he had Exequatur as Consul-General for New York City.
From 1948 to 1950 he was Chargé d'affaires in Stockholm.
From to he was Ambassador in Stockholm with coacdredition 30 January 1951 to 11 September 1953 in Moscow 17 January 1951 to 1 July 1955 in Oslo and 29 April 1953 to 28 December 1960 in Belgrade.^[3]
From to he was Ambassador in Bonn, on he was coaccreditated in Bern.^[4]

Notes and References

Päiväkirjat, 1944 – 1956, Juho Kusti Paasikivi, WSOY, 1986 - Finland - 736 p. p. 550
Doris Mildred Briem fæddist í Birmingham, Bretlandi, 17. september 1902. http://www.mbl.is/greinasafn/grein/501606/
The International Year Book and Statesmen's Who's who, 1953, p. 54
[Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland]