This is a timeline of first ambassadorial appointments of Iceland by country.

Timeline #Host countryAmbassadorAppointmentRef1Sveinn Björnsson16 August 1920Ref2Thor Thors23 October 1941Ref3Pétur Benediktsson13 December 1941Ref4Pétur Benediktsson4 May 1942Ref5Pétur Benediktsson21 January 1944Ref6Pétur Benediktsson10 January 1946Ref7Pétur Benediktsson5 February 1946Ref8Pétur Benediktsson13 February 1946Ref9Pétur Benediktsson30 April 1946Ref10Pétur Benediktsson3 September 1947Ref11Thor Thors19 September 1947Ref12Jakob Möller29 December 1947Ref13Pétur Benediktsson3 May 1949Ref14Stefán Þorvarðsson28 July 1949RefPétur BenediktssonRefRef17Helgi P. Briem28 December 1950Ref18Helgi P. Briem5 May 1951Ref19Pétur Benediktsson3 July 1951Ref20Helgi P. Briem23 August 1951Ref21Thor Thors24 March 1952RefRef23Vilhjálmur Finsen22 October 1952Ref24Helgi P. Briem29 April 1953Ref25Pétur Thorsteinsson28 July 1955Ref26Thor Thors7 February 1956Ref27Pétur Thorsteinsson30 May 1956Ref28Magnús V. Magnússon22 April 1958Ref29Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson21 October 1958Ref30Agnar Klemens Jónsson4 December 1958Ref31Pétur Thorsteinsson1 June 1962Ref32Thor Thors13 May 1964Ref33Kristinn Guðmundsson29 April 1965Ref34Árni Tryggvason19 July 1965Ref35Hannes Kjartansson1 September 1970Ref36Henrik Sveinsson Björnsson10 November 1970RefRef38Guðmundur Ívarsson Guðmundsson1 January 1971Ref39Sigurður Bjarnason25 September 1973Ref40Oddur Guðjónsson18 December 1973Ref41Pétur Thorsteinsson20 November 1976Ref42Pétur Thorsteinsson7 December 1976Ref43Hans G. Andersen17 March 1977Ref44Hannes Jónsson25 May 1977Ref45Haraldur Kröyer17 November 1977Ref46Niels P. Sigurðsson3 December 1977Ref47Pétur Thorsteinsson4 December 1977Ref48Haraldur Kröyer10 February 1978Ref49Pétur Thorsteinsson20 April 1978Ref50Ingvi S. Ingvarsson29 September 1978Ref51Pétur Thorsteinsson23 November 1978Ref52Einar Benediktsson24 September 1979Ref53Pétur Thorsteinsson11 November 198054Ingvi S. Ingvarsson1 December 1981Ref55Pétur Thorsteinsson2 April 1982Ref56Pétur Thorsteinsson19 April 1982Ref57Sigurður Bjarnason10 June 1983Ref58Pétur Thorsteinsson17 April 1984Ref59Pétur Thorsteinsson1 April 1985Ref60Ingvi S. Ingvarsson12 November 1987Ref61Tómas Á. Tómasson5 July 1991Ref62Tómas Á. Tómasson12 July 1991Ref63Ingvi S. Ingvarsson17 September 1991Ref64Sigríður Ásdís Snævarr24 September 1991Ref65Sigríður Ásdís Snævarr26 September 1991Ref66Ólafur Egilsson8 December 1991Ref67Hjálmar W. Hannesson26 June 1992Ref68Ólafur Egilsson3 June 1993Ref69Sigríður Ásdís Snævarr15 September 1993Ref70Eiður Svanberg Guðnason9 November 1993Ref71Eiður Svanberg Guðnason11 November 1993Ref72Sigríður Ásdís Snævarr26 January 1994Ref73Gunnar Gunnarsson8 January 1996Ref74Sigríður Ásdís Snævarr25 April 1996Ref75Eiður Svanberg Guðnason24 October 1996Ref76Hjálmar W. Hannesson15 November 1996Ref77Einar Benediktsson31 January 1997Ref78Gunnar Gunnarsson17 April 1997Ref79Sverrir H. Gunnlaugsson17 July 1997Ref80Róbert Trausti Árnason19 February 1998Ref81Sigríður Ásdís Snævarr10 August 1998Ref82Ólafur Egilsson22 October 1999Ref83Jón Egill Egilsson23 November 1999Ref84Jón Egill Egilsson5 May 2000Ref85Jón Egill Egilsson8 February 2001Ref86Þorsteinn Ingólfsson30 April 2001Ref87Svavar Gestsson21 February 200288Björn Dagbjartsson29 May 2002Ref89Jón Egill Egilsson12 June 2002Ref90Þorsteinn Ingólfsson20 January 2003Ref91Svavar Gestsson8 August 2003Ref92Ólafur Egilsson23 September 2003Ref93Ólafur Egilsson1 October 2003Ref94Sverrir H. Gunnlaugsson24 October 2003Ref95Benedikt Jónsson5 November 2003Ref96Sverrir H. Gunnlaugsson11 December 2003Ref97Benedikt Jónsson18 February 2004Ref98Benedikt Jónsson10 March 2004Ref99Guðmundur Eiríksson30 March 2004Ref100Hjálmar W. Hannesson2 August 2004Ref101Guðmundur Eiríksson27 August 2004Ref102Stefán Skjaldarson2 November 2004Ref103Ólafur Egilsson14 December 2004Ref104Guðmundur Eiríksson22 April 2005Ref105Hjálmar W. Hannesson28 April 2005Ref106Benedikt Ásgeirsson12 May 2005Ref107Benedikt Jónsson7 June 2005Ref108Þórður Ægir Óskarsson10 June 2005Ref109Benedikt Jónsson15 February 2006Ref110Svavar Gestsson5 June 2006Ref111Sigríður Dúna Kristmundsdóttir6 September 2007Ref112Sveinn Björnsson17 September 2007Ref113Guðmundur Árni Stefánsson4 December 2007Ref114Sigríður Dúna Kristmundsdóttir27 February 2008Ref115Gunnar Pálsson30 April 2008Ref116Gunnar Snorri Gunnarsson6 May 2008Ref117Gunnar Pálsson8 May 2008Ref118Hjálmar W. Hannesson14 July 2008Ref119Gunnar Pálsson13 November 2008Ref120Þórir Ibsen2 March 2012Ref

References List of Icelandic representatives (Icelandic Foreign Ministry website)