List of ambassadors of Iceland to China


Icelandic Ambassador
to China
Sendiherra Íslands
í Kína
Coat of arms of Iceland
Incumbent
Thórir Ibsen
since 2021
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Embassy of Iceland in Beijing
StyleHis Excellency
AppointerPresident of Iceland
Inaugural holderSigurður Bjarnason
Formation25 September 1973
WebsiteEmbassy of Iceland in Beijing

Iceland's first ambassador to China was Sigurður Bjarnason in 1973. Iceland's current ambassador to China is Thórir Ibsen.

List of ambassadors

# Name Appointment Termination of mission
1 Sigurður Bjarnason 25 September 1973 20 September 1976
2 Pétur Thorsteinsson 20 September 1976 24 February 1988
3 Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal 24 February 1988 12 April 1991
4 Ingvi S. Ingvarsson 12 April 1991 21 January 1995
5 Hjálmar W. Hannesson 21 January 1995 26 March 1998
6 Ólafur Egilsson 26 March 1998 27 January 2003
7 Eiður Svanberg Guðnason 27 January 2003 14 November 2006
8 Gunnar Snorri Gunnarsson 14 November 2006 11 January 2010
9 Kristín A. Árnadóttir 11 January 2010 11 October 2013
10 Stefán Skjaldarson 11 October 2013 23 March 2018
- Gunnar Snorri Gunnarsson 23 March 2018 7 September 2021
12 Thórir Ibsen 7 September 2021 Incumbent

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