Ambassador of Iceland to the Soviet Union

Ambassador of Iceland to the Soviet Union Sendiherra Íslands í Sovétríkjunum
Inaugural holder	Pétur Benediktsson
Formation	21 January 1944
Final holder	Ólafur Egilsson
Abolished	8 December 1991
Succession	Ambassador of Iceland to Russia

Iceland's first ambassador to the Soviet Union was Pétur Benediktsson in 1944. Iceland's last ambassador to the Soviet Union was Ólafur Egilsson in 1991.

List of ambassadors

#	Name	Appointment	Termination of mission
1	Pétur Benediktsson	21 January 1944	30 January 1951
2	Helgi P. Briem	30 January 1951	11 September 1953
3	Pétur Thorsteinsson	11 September 1953	1 January 1961
4	Kristinn Guðmundsson	1 January 1961	31 December 1967
5	Oddur Guðjónsson	1 January 1968	8 October 1974
6	Hannes Jónsson	8 October 1974	18 July 1980
7	Haraldur Kröyer	18 July 1980	31 January 1985
8	Páll Ásgeir Tryggvason	31 January 1985	13 January 1987
9	Tómas Á. Tómasson	13 January 1987	17 January 1990
10	Ólafur Egilsson	17 January 1990	8 December 1991

See also

• Iceland–Soviet Union relations
• Foreign relations of Iceland
• Ambassadors of Iceland

References

• List of Icelandic representatives (Icelandic Foreign Ministry website) (Icelandic)