List of ambassadors of Iceland to the United Kingdom explained

Post:Ambassador
Body:Iceland to the United Kingdom
Native Name:Sendiherra Íslands á Bretlandi
Incumbent:Sturla Sigurjónsson
Incumbentsince:16 November 2020
Inaugural:Pétur Benediktsson
Formation:13 December 1941

Iceland's first ambassador to the United Kingdom was Pétur Benediktsson in 1941. Iceland's current ambassador to the United Kingdom is Sturla Sigurjónsson.

List of ambassadors

NameAppointmentTermination of mission
1Pétur Benediktsson13 December 194131 January 1944
2Stefán Þorvarðsson31 January 194430 December 1950
3Agnar Klemens Jónsson25 January 195111 June 1956
4Kristinn Guðmundsson27 September 19561 January 1961
5Henrik Sveinsson Björnsson1 January 19614 August 1965
6Guðmundur Ívarsson Guðmundsson21 September 19651 August 1971
7Niels P. Sigurðsson1 August 197119 February 1976
8Sigurður Bjarnason1 July 197611 November 1982
9Einar Benediktsson11 November 198228 November 1986
10Ólafur Egilsson28 November 198613 December 1989
11Helgi Ágústsson13 December 19893 May 1995
12Benedikt Ásgeirsson3 May 199516 July 1999
13Þorsteinn Pálsson16 July 199927 February 2003
14Sverrir Haukur Gunnlaugsson27 February 20039 February 2010
15Benedikt Jónsson9 February 2010August 2014
16Þórður Ægir ÓskarssonAugust 201414 November 2017
17Stefán Haukur Jóhannesson14 November 201716 November 2020
18Sturla Sigurjónsson16 November 2020[1] Incumbent

See also

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ambassador Sturla Sigurjónsson . . 20 November 2020.