France–Iceland relations

Icelandic-French relations

Iceland
France

French-Icelandic relations are foreign relations between Iceland and France. Diplomatic relations between them were established on January 10, 1946. France has an embassy in Reykjavik and honorary consulates in Akureyri, Egilsstaðir and Ísafjörður.[1] Iceland has an embassy in Paris and honorary consulates in Bordeaux, Caen, Lyon, Marseille, Nice and Strasbourg.[2] Both countries are members of NATO and OECD.

History

French seamen started fishing in the seas nearby Iceland in the 18th century. In the 1900s the French organization Société des hopitaux francais d´Islande built three hospitals in Iceland, one in Reykjavík, one in the Vestmann Islands and one in Fáskrúðsfjörður, East-Iceland. Of those three hospitals, the hospital in Fáskrúðsfjörður was rebuilt in 2009-2014. In 1955 an cemetery was built in Fáskrúðsfjörður for 49 French seamen.[3]

Trade and investment

In 2014, Iceland directly exported goods worth 12.7 billion ISK to France, making them the seventh export destination of Iceland.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Foreign missions". Icelandic Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "Icelandic missions". Icelandic Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  3. ↑ Halla Björg Þórisdóttir. "C'est la vie. Arfleifð franskra sjómanna á Fáskrúðsfirði". Skemman (in Icelandic). Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Viðskiptatengslin á milli Íslands og Frakklands styrkjast". The French-Icelandic commerce council (in Icelandic). Retrieved 7 July 2015.


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