Om ambassaden

Ambassadens hovedoppgaver er å ivareta Islands og islendingers interesser i Norge og å arbeide for å videreutvikle de nære og gode relasjonene mellom Island og Norge. Ambassaden informerer om Island og svarer på forespørsler både fra myndigheter og privatpersoner. Det er 8 konsulater i Norge og 6 i de sideakkrediterte landene.
I tillegg til å være Islands Ambassade i Norge er ambassadøren sideakkreditert til Egypt, Tyrkia og Pakistan.

Islands ambassade i Oslo

Adresse
Stortingsgata 30, 0161 Oslo

Postboks: 4004 AMB, 0244 Oslo

Tel: +(47) 2323-7530

Email: oslo@utn.is

Äpningstider Mandag-fredag: 10:00-15:00. Telefontid Mandag-fredag: 12:00-14:00

Name Job title Email
Bjarki Þórsson Deputy Head of Mission bjarki.thorsson@utn.is
Harpa Ósk Einarsdóttir Officer harpa.einarsdottir@utn.is
Heba Líf Jónsdóttir Adviser heba.lif.jonsdottir@utn.is
Karí Jónsdóttir Senior Adviser kari.jonsdottir@utn.is
Margrét Gísladóttir On leave margret.gisladottir@utn.is
Ragnar G. Kristjánsson Ambassador ragnar.kristjansson@utn.is

Ambassador

Ragnar G. Kristjánsson

Professional experience

See CV (English, PDF)

2026

Ambassador of Iceland to Norway (agrée)

2021 - 2026

Director General for External Trade and Economic Affairs, Ministry for Foreign Affairs

2018 - 2021

Deputy Permanenent Representative of Iceland to NATO

2014 - 2018

Deputy Head of Mission – Icelandic Mission to the European Union

2011 - 2014

Director at the Directorate for Trade and Economic Affairs, Ministry for Foreign Affairs

2007 - 2011

Deputy Permanent Representative, Mission of Iceland, Geneva

2001 - 2007

Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Iceland to the UN, New York

1999 - 2001

First Secretary, Directorate for External Trade and Economic Affairs, Ministry for Foreign Affairs

1998 - 1999

First Secretary, Department of Defense, Ministry for Foreign Affairs

1996 - 1997

SOCRATES Technical Assistance Office, Brussels (secondment)

1995-1996 and 1997-1998

Office of International Education, SOCRATES National Agency, Reykjavik

Education

MA, European Integration and Co-operation, Department of Politics, University of Hull, 1994

BA,  Political Science, University of Iceland, 1991

 

Born 11 May 1968, Höfn Hornafirði, Iceland
Married to Dr. Þórunn Scheving Elíasdóttir. One son, Matthías Tumi

Islands ambassade i Oslo