List of ambassadors of Iceland to the United States

Ambassador of Iceland to United States
Sendiherra Íslands í Bandaríkjunum
since 1 July 2019
Inaugural holderThor Thors
Formation23 October 1941

Iceland first established a permanent representation to the United States in October 1940, following Thor Thors appointment as ambassador. Prior to 1940, Iceland was represented in the United States by Denmark.

List of ambassadors

# Name Appointment Termination of mission
1 Thor Thors 23 October 1941 11 January 1965
2 Pétur Thorsteinsson 1 August 1965 1 October 1969
3 Magnús V. Magnússon 1 October 1969 4 April 1971
4 Guðmundur Ívarsson Guðmundsson 1 August 1971 2 March 1973
5 Haraldur Kröyer 2 March 1973 21 July 1976
6 Hans Georg Andersen 21 July 1976 24 November 1986
7 Ingvi S. Ingvarsson 24 November 1986 17 December 1990
8 Tómas Á. Tómasson 17 December 1990 9 December 1993
9 Einar Benediktsson 9 December 1993 21 November 1997
10 Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson 16 March 1998 9 December 2002
11 Helgi Ágústsson 9 December 2002 8 December 2006
12 Albert Jónsson 8 December 2006 8 January 2009
13 Hjálmar W. Hannesson 8 January 2009 1 October 2011
14 Guðmundur Árni Stefánsson 1 October 2011 23 February 2015
15 Geir Haarde 23 February 2015 1 July 2019
16 Bergdís Ellertsdóttir 1 July 2019 Incumbent

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