# 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 |
| 14 | Portugal | Pétur Benediktsson | 28 July 1949 | Ref |
| 14 | Spain | Pétur Benediktsson | 28 July 1949 | 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 |
| 21 | Brazil | Thor Thors | 24 March 1952 | 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 |
| 36 | Ethiopia | Henrik Sveinsson Björnsson | 10 November 1970 | 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 |