List of ambassadors of Iceland to the United Kingdom

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

Ambassador of Iceland to the United Kingdom
Sendiherra Íslands á Bretlandi
Incumbent
Sturla Sigurjónsson
since 16 November 2020
Inaugural holderPétur Benediktsson
Formation13 December 1941

List of ambassadors
# Name Appointment Termination of mission
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
17 Sturla Sigurjónsson 16 November 2020[1] Incumbent

See also

References
  1. "Ambassador Sturla Sigurjónsson". Government of Iceland. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
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