List of ambassadors of Iceland to China

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

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
Style	His Excellency
Appointer	President of Iceland
Inaugural holder	Sigurður Bjarnason
Formation	25 September 1973
Website	Embassy of Iceland in Beijing

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

See also

• China–Iceland relations
• Foreign relations of Iceland
• Ambassadors of Iceland

References

• List of Icelandic representatives (Icelandic Foreign Ministry website) (in Icelandic)