Ambassador
Curriculum Vitae
Sverrir Haukur GUNNLAUGSSON
| 20.10.1942 | Born in Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 1.06.1970 | Law degree, University of Iceland |
| Reykjavik, First Secretary, International Division, Ministry for Foreign Affairs |
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| 1.09.1971 | Paris, First Secretary, Embassy of Iceland, Deputy Permanent Representative of Iceland, OECD and UNESCO |
| 1.10.1974 | Reykjavik, Chief of Division, Administrative and Consular Affairs, Ministry for Foreign Affairs |
| 1.04.1978 | Washington, Counsellor, Embassy of Iceland |
| 1.01.1980 | Washington, Minister-Counsellor, Embassy of Iceland |
| 15.08.1983 | Reykjavik, Head of Defence Division, later Defence Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs -Icelandic Chairman Defence Council -Chairman, Radar Committee -Chairman, Air Terminal Building Committee -Icelandic Representative at the Chief of Staff sessions of NATO, May 1984 to May 1987 |
| 1.04.1985 | Reykjavik, appointed Ambassador in the Foreign Service of Iceland |
| 1.06.1987 | Geneva, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Iceland to EFTA, Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations Organisations in Geneva, Ambassador to Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania |
| 1.08.1989 | Reykjavik, Head of Department for Foreign Trade, Ministry for Foreign Affairs |
| 6.06.1990 | Brussels, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Iceland to the North Atlantic Council. Concurrently accredited as Permanent Representative of Iceland to the Western European Union as of 1.01.1993 |
| 1.04.1994 | Paris, Ambassador to France as of 25.05.1994, to Spain as of 22.06.1994, to Portugal as of 31.01.1996, Ambassador (agréé) to Cape Verdi until 1.05.1996. Permanent Representative of Iceland to the Council of Europe (05.04.1994-18.04.97), to the OECD as of 14.04.1994 and to UNESCO as of 24.05.1994, Ambassador to Italy as of 5.11.96. Ambassador to Andorra (17.07.97). Permanent Representative to the FAO (11.11.97) |
| 8.03.1999 | Reykjavik, Permanent Secretary of State, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Law of the Sea Institue of Iceland since 2002. |
| 13.01.2003 | London, Ambassador to the United Kingdom as of 27.02.2003, to Greece as of 12.02.2003, to The Netherlands as of 12.03.2003, to Ireland 22.05.03, to Lebanon as of 24.10.2003 , to Malta as of the 11.12.03, to India as of 23.02.04 to Nigeria as of 28.10.04 Permanent Representative of Iceland to the International Maritime Organisation as of the 14.01.03. |
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Mr. Gunnlaugsson is married to Gudny Adalsteinsdottir They have three grown children. |
