Helgi Ágústsson (born 16 October 1941) is an Icelandic former diplomat. He was the

Ambassador of Iceland to the United Kingdom Iceland's first ambassador to the United Kingdom was Pétur Benediktsson in 1941. Iceland's current ambassador to the United Kingdom is Sturla Sigurjónsson. List of ambassadors See also *Iceland–United Kingdom relations *Foreign relations o ...

from 1989 to 1995, the Ambassador of Iceland to Denmark from 1999 to 2002, and the Ambassador of Iceland to the United States from 2002 to 2006. During the

Cod Wars The Cod Wars (; also known as , ; ) were a series of 20th-century confrontations between the United Kingdom (with aid from West Germany) and Iceland about Exclusive economic zone, fishing rights in the North Atlantic. Each of the disputes ended ...

in the 1970s, he worked for the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs in

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Basketball

Helgi played basketball for KR in the top-tier Icelandic basketball league and was the chairman of the club from 1966 to 1970 and 1977 to 1979. In 1982 he was elected as the chairman of the

Icelandic Basketball Association The Icelandic Basketball Association (''Icelandic:Körfuknattleikssamband Íslands - KKÍ'') is the national governing body of basketball in Iceland and is a member of the continental association FIBA Europe and the global International Basketbal ...

where he served until 1983.

Personal life

Helgi is married to Hervör Jónasdóttir and together they have four children. Their granddaughter is

Katrín Davíðsdóttir Katrín Tanja Davíðsdóttir (; born 10 May 1993) is an Icelandic former CrossFit athlete known for her ten appearances at the CrossFit Games. That was from 2012 to 2023, with the exception of 2014 and 2022. She is the women's champion of the 2 ...

, the women's champion of the

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and

2016 CrossFit Games The 2016 CrossFit Games were the tenth CrossFit Games held on July 19–24, 2016 at the StubHub Center in Carson, California and on a ranch in Aromas, California, United States. The men's competition was won by Mathew Fraser, the women's by Ka ...

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