"Winston Churchill being greeted by local people in Reykjavik, during his visit to Iceland on his way home from the Atlantic Conference with President Roosevelt, 19 August 1941." The Prime Minister, Mr Winston Churchill, being greeted by local people in Iceland after visiting the Regent in Reykjavik. With him is the British Minister, Sir Howard Smith, and behind him is Ensign Franklin D Roosevelt Junior, the son of the American President. Churchill visited Iceland in mid-August 1941, en route to England, following his Atlantic Conference with President Roosevelt.