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.
Name | Appointment | Termination of mission | ||
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1 | Pétur Benediktsson | 13 December 1941 | 31 January 1944 | |
2 | Stefán Þorvarðsson | 31 January 1944 | 30 December 1950 | |
3 | Agnar Klemens Jónsson | 25 January 1951 | 11 June 1956 | |
4 | Kristinn Guðmundsson | 27 September 1956 | 1 January 1961 | |
5 | Henrik Sveinsson Björnsson | 1 January 1961 | 4 August 1965 | |
6 | Guðmundur Ívarsson Guðmundsson | 21 September 1965 | 1 August 1971 | |
7 | Niels P. Sigurðsson | 1 August 1971 | 19 February 1976 | |
8 | Sigurður Bjarnason | 1 July 1976 | 11 November 1982 | |
9 | Einar Benediktsson | 11 November 1982 | 28 November 1986 | |
10 | Ólafur Egilsson | 28 November 1986 | 13 December 1989 | |
11 | Helgi Ágústsson | 13 December 1989 | 3 May 1995 | |
12 | Benedikt Ásgeirsson | 3 May 1995 | 16 July 1999 | |
13 | Þorsteinn Pálsson | 16 July 1999 | 27 February 2003 | |
14 | Sverrir Haukur Gunnlaugsson | 27 February 2003 | 9 February 2010 | |
15 | Benedikt Jónsson | 9 February 2010 | August 2014 | |
16 | Þórður Ægir Óskarsson | August 2014 | 14 November 2017 | |
17 | Stefán Haukur Jóhannesson | 14 November 2017 | 16 November 2020 | |
18 | Sturla Sigurjónsson | 16 November 2020[1] | Incumbent |