Embassy Information

The Embassy of Iceland in Vienna serves as a Permanent Mission to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Preparatory Commission to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Organisation, all of which are located in Vienna.

The Embassy is in addition accredited as a bilateral embassy to Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Slovenia and Slovakia.

You can locate us in Vienna's 1st district on Naglergasse 2/8. The nearest metro stations are Herrengasse (U3) and Stephansplatz (U1 and U3).

Embassy of Iceland in Vienna

Address:

Naglergasse 2/3/8
1010 Wien

Phone: +43 1 533 2771

Email: vienna@mfa.is

Opening hours: Open all week days from 09:00 - 16:00

Name Job title Email
Antoine Buffin de Chosal Adviser antoine.buffin@utn.is
Arna Dís Heiðarsdóttir Temporary Officer arna.dis.heidarsdottir@utn.is
Bryndís Kjartansdóttir Ambassador bryndis.kjartansdottir@utn.is
María Vigdís Kjartansdóttir Project manager maria.kjartansdottir@utn.is

Ambassador

Ms. Bryndís Kjartansdóttir

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Professional experience

Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Iceland since 1999. Main area of work and tasks within the foreign service:

2026 – Present: Ambassador of Iceland to Austria and Permanent Representative of Iceland to the International Organizations in Vienna (CTBTO, IAEA, OSCE, UNOV/UNODC). 
2022 – 2026 Ambassador of Iceland to Sweden 
2020 – 2022 Director General, Directorate of Security and Defence
2019 - 2020 Director General of GRÓ – International Centre for Capacity Development
2017 - 2019 Iceland's Senior Arctic Official
2013 - 2016 Director for European Affairs
2009 - 2013 Member of the Negotiating Committee for Iceland's application for membership of the European Union
2009 - 2010 Director General, Directorate for Export Services
2006 - 2009 Deputy Chief of Mission to the Icelandic Embassy in Copenhagen
2002 - 2004 Executive Director of The Arctic Council Secretariat
2000 - 2001 First Secretary, Icelandic Embassy in Paris
1999 - 2000 First Secretary, Directorate for External Trade and Economic Affairs
1996 - 1999 Specialist in EEA free movement of goods, The EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA), Brussels

Education

1995 - 1996 MA, European Studies, College of Europe, Brugge, Belgium. 
1994 - 1995 Studied French, Université d’Aix-Marseille III, Aix-en-Provence, France. 
1988 - 1991 BA, Sociology, Political Science, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland.

Languages

Icelandic, English, Swedish, French.

Vienna, Austria