Timeline of first ambassadorial appointments of Iceland by country

This is a timeline of first ambassadorial appointments of Iceland by country.

Timeline

# Host country Ambassador Appointment Ref
1 Denmark Sveinn Björnsson 16 August 1920 Ref
2 United States Thor Thors 23 October 1941 Ref
3 United Kingdom Pétur Benediktsson 13 December 1941 Ref
4 Norway Pétur Benediktsson 4 May 1942 Ref
5 Soviet Union Pétur Benediktsson 21 January 1944 Ref
6 France Pétur Benediktsson 10 January 1946 Ref
7 Poland Pétur Benediktsson 5 February 1946 Ref
8 Belgium Pétur Benediktsson 13 February 1946 Ref
9 Czechoslovakia Pétur Benediktsson 30 April 1946 Ref
10 Italy Pétur Benediktsson 3 September 1947 Ref
11 Canada Thor Thors 19 September 1947 Ref
12 Finland Jakob Möller 29 December 1947 Ref
13  Switzerland Pétur Benediktsson 3 May 1949 Ref
14 Netherlands Stefán Þorvarðsson 28 July 1949 Ref
Portugal Pétur Benediktsson Ref
Spain Ref
17 Sweden Helgi P. Briem 28 December 1950 Ref
18 Iran Helgi P. Briem 5 May 1951 Ref
19 Ireland Pétur Benediktsson 3 July 1951 Ref
20 Israel Helgi P. Briem 23 August 1951 Ref
21 Argentina Thor Thors 24 March 1952 Ref
Brazil Ref
23 Germany Vilhjálmur Finsen 22 October 1952 Ref
24 Yugoslavia Helgi P. Briem 29 April 1953 Ref
25 Hungary Pétur Thorsteinsson 28 July 1955 Ref
26 Cuba Thor Thors 7 February 1956 Ref
27 Romania Pétur Thorsteinsson 30 May 1956 Ref
28 Japan Magnús V. Magnússon 22 April 1958 Ref
29 Turkey Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson 21 October 1958 Ref
30 Greece Agnar Klemens Jónsson 4 December 1958 Ref
31 Luxembourg Pétur Thorsteinsson 1 June 1962 Ref
32 Mexico Thor Thors 13 May 1964 Ref
33 Bulgaria Kristinn Guðmundsson 29 April 1965 Ref
34 Austria Árni Tryggvason 19 July 1965 Ref
35 Peru Hannes Kjartansson 1 September 1970 Ref
36 Egypt Henrik Sveinsson Björnsson 10 November 1970 Ref
Ethiopia Ref
38 Nigeria Guðmundur Ívarsson Guðmundsson 1 January 1971 Ref
39 China Sigurður Bjarnason 25 September 1973 Ref
40 East Germany Oddur Guðjónsson 18 December 1973 Ref
41 India Pétur Thorsteinsson 20 November 1976 Ref
42 Pakistan Pétur Thorsteinsson 7 December 1976 Ref
43 The Bahamas Hans G. Andersen 17 March 1977 Ref
44 Mongolia Hannes Jónsson 25 May 1977 Ref
45 Tanzania Haraldur Kröyer 17 November 1977 Ref
46 Holy See Niels P. Sigurðsson 3 December 1977 Ref
47 Thailand Pétur Thorsteinsson 4 December 1977 Ref
48 Kenya Haraldur Kröyer 10 February 1978 Ref
49 Iraq Pétur Thorsteinsson 20 April 1978 Ref
50 Albania Ingvi S. Ingvarsson 29 September 1978 Ref
51 Bangladesh Pétur Thorsteinsson 23 November 1978 Ref
52 Cape Verde Einar Benediktsson 24 September 1979 Ref
53 Tunisia Pétur Thorsteinsson 11 November 1980
54 Saudi Arabia Ingvi S. Ingvarsson 1 December 1981 Ref
55 North Korea Pétur Thorsteinsson 2 April 1982 Ref
56 South Korea Pétur Thorsteinsson 19 April 1982 Ref
57 Cyprus Sigurður Bjarnason 10 June 1983 Ref
58 Australia Pétur Thorsteinsson 17 April 1984 Ref
59 Indonesia Pétur Thorsteinsson 1 April 1985 Ref
60 Chile Ingvi S. Ingvarsson 12 November 1987 Ref
61 Uruguay Tómas Á. Tómasson 5 July 1991 Ref
62 Venezuela Tómas Á. Tómasson 12 July 1991 Ref
63 Lithuania Ingvi S. Ingvarsson 17 September 1991 Ref
64 Estonia Sigríður Ásdís Snævarr 24 September 1991 Ref
65 Latvia Sigríður Ásdís Snævarr 26 September 1991 Ref
66 Russia Ólafur Egilsson 8 December 1991 Ref
67 Liechtenstein Hjálmar W. Hannesson 26 June 1992 Ref
68 Ukraine Ólafur Egilsson 3 June 1993 Ref
69 Slovenia Sigríður Ásdís Snævarr 15 September 1993 Ref
70 Czech Republic Eiður Svanberg Guðnason 9 November 1993 Ref
71 Slovakia Eiður Svanberg Guðnason 11 November 1993 Ref
72 Namibia Sigríður Ásdís Snævarr 26 January 1994 Ref
73 Georgia Gunnar Gunnarsson 8 January 1996 Ref
74 South Africa Sigríður Ásdís Snævarr 25 April 1996 Ref
75 Macedonia Eiður Svanberg Guðnason 24 October 1996 Ref
76 Vietnam Hjálmar W. Hannesson 15 November 1996 Ref
77 Costa Rica Einar Benediktsson 31 January 1997 Ref
78 Moldova Gunnar Gunnarsson 17 April 1997 Ref
79 Andorra Sverrir H. Gunnlaugsson 17 July 1997 Ref
80 Bosnia and Herzegovina Róbert Trausti Árnason 19 February 1998 Ref
81 Mozambique Sigríður Ásdís Snævarr 10 August 1998 Ref
82 New Zealand Ólafur Egilsson 22 October 1999 Ref
83 Armenia Jón Egill Egilsson 23 November 1999 Ref
84 Turkmenistan Jón Egill Egilsson 5 May 2000 Ref
85 Uzbekistan Jón Egill Egilsson 8 February 2001 Ref
86 Barbados Þorsteinn Ingólfsson 30 April 2001 Ref
87 Serbia and Montenegro Svavar Gestsson 21 February 2002
88 Malawi Björn Dagbjartsson 29 May 2002 Ref
89 Croatia Jón Egill Egilsson 12 June 2002 Ref
90 Jamaica Þorsteinn Ingólfsson 20 January 2003 Ref
91 Sri Lanka Svavar Gestsson 8 August 2003 Ref
92 Singapore Ólafur Egilsson 23 September 2003 Ref
93 Malaysia Ólafur Egilsson 1 October 2003 Ref
94 Lebanon Sverrir H. Gunnlaugsson 24 October 2003 Ref
95 Kazakhstan Benedikt Jónsson 5 November 2003 Ref
96 Malta Sverrir H. Gunnlaugsson 11 December 2003 Ref
97 Azerbaijan Benedikt Jónsson 18 February 2004 Ref
98 Kyrgyzstan Benedikt Jónsson 10 March 2004 Ref
99 Panama Guðmundur Eiríksson 30 March 2004 Ref
100 Dominican Republic Hjálmar W. Hannesson 2 August 2004 Ref
101 Colombia Guðmundur Eiríksson 27 August 2004 Ref
102 Kuwait Stefán Skjaldarson 2 November 2004 Ref
103 Cambodia Ólafur Egilsson 14 December 2004 Ref
104 Nicaragua Guðmundur Eiríksson 22 April 2005 Ref
105 Grenada Hjálmar W. Hannesson 28 April 2005 Ref
106 Uganda Benedikt Ásgeirsson 12 May 2005 Ref
107 Belarus Benedikt Jónsson 7 June 2005 Ref
108 Philippines Þórður Ægir Óskarsson 10 June 2005 Ref
109 Tajikistan Benedikt Jónsson 15 February 2006 Ref
110 Serbia Svavar Gestsson 5 June 2006 Ref
111 Lesotho Sigríður Dúna Kristmundsdóttir 6 September 2007 Ref
112 Montenegro Sveinn Björnsson 17 September 2007 Ref
113 Syria Guðmundur Árni Stefánsson 4 December 2007 Ref
114 Botswana Sigríður Dúna Kristmundsdóttir 27 February 2008 Ref
115   Nepal Gunnar Pálsson 30 April 2008 Ref
116 Laos Gunnar Snorri Gunnarsson 6 May 2008 Ref
117 Maldives Gunnar Pálsson 8 May 2008 Ref
118 Guyana Hjálmar W. Hannesson 14 July 2008 Ref
119 Mauritius Gunnar Pálsson 13 November 2008 Ref
120 San Marino Þórir Ibsen 2 March 2012 Ref

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