Embassy Information

Iceland and Finland entered into diplomatic relations in 1947. Initially Iceland's Embassy was in Stockholm. A separate Embassy was opened in Helsinki in 1997. The Embassy's jurisdiction, in addition to Finland, extends to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

Embassy of Iceland in Helsinki

Address:

Pohjoisesplanadi 25 B
FIN-00100 Helsinki

Phone: +358 9 612 2460

Email: [email protected]

Opening hours: Open all week days from 10:00 - 16:00

Name Job title Email
Arna L. Þorgeirsdóttir Deputy to the Ambassador and Trade and Cultural Representative [email protected]
Jyrki Peltonen Protocol Assistant [email protected]
Nína Björk Jónsdóttir Ambassador [email protected]
Päivi Kumpulainen Secretary for Administrative Affairs [email protected]
Sigrún Bessadóttir Senior Advisor and Consular Affairs Officer [email protected]

Ambassador

Ms. Nína Björk Jónsdóttir

Curriculum Vitae - See PDF file
Professional Experience

1.08.2026
Ambassador to Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

2021-2026
Director General of GRÓ, Centre for Capacity Development, Sustainability and Societal Change under the auspices of UNESCO, Ministry for Foreign Affairs.

2019-2021
Director, Business Services, Directorate for External Trade and Economic Affairs, Minister-Counsellor, Ministry for Foreign Affairs.

2016-2019
Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Iceland to the International Organisations in Geneva, Minister-Counsellor.

2012-2016
Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Iceland in Paris (from 2013) and Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Iceland to the OECD (from 2012), to UNESCO and the Council of Europe (from 2013), Counsellor.

2009-2011
First Secretary, Directorate for International and Security Affairs, MFA

2005-2008
First Secretary, External Trade Department, Ministry for Foreign Affairs

2003 (9 mo)
Press Officer (OF-2), EU Peace Keeping Operation Concordia, Skopje, North Macedonia. Deployed by Iceland Crisis Response Unit, Ministry for Foreign Affairs

2001-2004
Journalist, Morgunblaðið News Paper

2000-2001
Reporter for TV2 and Bylgjan Radio Station

Education
2005
MA in International Politics and Security Studies, University of Bradford, United Kingdom

2000
Post graduate diploma, Practical Journalism, University of Iceland

1999
BA in French and Political Science, University of Iceland

Publications
2021
How to Live Icelandic, White Lion Publishing, (co-author). Also published in Chinese, Czech, Dutch, French, Hungarian and Slovak

2020
Íslandsdætur, Salka Publishing house. English translation, Daughters of Iceland, published in 2022

Languages

Icelandic, English, French and Danish

Helsinki, Finland