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List of ambassadors of Iceland to Denmark

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Ambassador of Iceland to Denmark
Sendiherra Íslands í Danmörku
since 2023
Inaugural holderSveinn Björnsson
Formation16 August 1920

Iceland's first ambassador to Denmark was Sveinn Björnsson in 1920. Iceland's current ambassador to Denmark is Árni Þór Sigurðsson.

List of ambassadors

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# Name[1] Credentials presented Termination of mission
1 Sveinn Björnsson 16 August 1920 1 June 1924
Sveinn Björnsson 1 July 1926 17 June 1941
3 Jakob Möller 20 August 1945 30 December 1950
4 Stefán Þorvarðsson 30 December 1950 20 August 1951
5 Sigurður Nordal 12 October 1951 9 August 1957
6 Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson 9 August 1957 22 May 1965
7 Gunnar Thoroddsen 22 May 1965 1 January 1970
8 Sigurður Bjarnason 1 February 1970 12 February 1976
9 Agnar Klemens Jónsson 12 February 1976 17 January 1980
10 Einar Ágústsson 17 January 1980 12 April 1986
11 Hörður Helgason 29 May 1986 25 January 1991
12 Ingvi S. Ingvarsson 25 January 1991 9 March 1994
13 Ólafur Egilsson 9 March 1994 13 February 1996
14 Róbert Trausti Árnason 13 February 1996 15 April 1999
15 Helgi Ágústsson 15 April 1999 24 March 2003
16 Þorsteinn Pálsson 24 March 2003 22 November 2005
17 Svavar Gestsson 22 November 2005 15 February 2010
18 Sturla Sigurjónsson 15 February 2010 17 October 2014
19 Benedikt Jónsson 17 October 2014[2] 2019
20 Helga Hauksdóttir 27 September 2019[3] 2023
21 Árni Þór Sigurðsson 22 September 2023[4] incumbent

See also

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  1. ^ "Skrá yfir fulltrúa Íslands hjá erlendum ríkjum frá upphafi" (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Ambassadørmodtagelser fredag den 17. oktober 2014" (in Danish). 10 October 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  3. ^ "Ambassadørmodtagelse på Fredensborg Slot" (in Danish). 27 September 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  4. ^ "H.M. Dronningen modtog nye ambassadører fra Chile, Island, Pakistan, Schweiz og Bosnien-Herzegovina" (in Danish). 23 September 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2024.