Ambassador of Iceland to the United Kingdom

Ambassador of Iceland to the United Kingdom
Sendiherra Íslands á Bretlandi
Incumbent
Benedikt Jónsson
since 9 February 2010
Inaugural holder 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 Benedikt Jónsson.

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 H. Gunnlaugsson 27 February 2003 9 February 2010
15 Benedikt Jónsson 9 February 2010 Incumbent

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