Helgi Ágústsson (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 ...

from 1989 to 1995, the Ambassador of Iceland to Denmark from 1999 to 2002, and the

Ambassador of Iceland to the United States Iceland first established a permanent representation to the United States in October of 1940, following Thor Thors appointment as ambassador. Prior to 1940, Iceland was represented in the United States by Denmark. List of ambassadors See also ...

from 2002 to 2006. During the

Cod Wars The Cod Wars ( is, Þorskastríðin; also known as , ; german: Kabeljaukriege) were a series of 20th-century confrontations between the United Kingdom (with aid from West Germany) and Iceland about fishing rights in the North Atlantic. Each o ...

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

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

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 Basketba ...

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 CrossFit athlete known for her eight appearances at the CrossFit Games. She is the women's champion of the 2015 and 2016 CrossFit Games. Katrín is the second woman to repeat as ...

, the women's champion of the

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and 2016 CrossFit Games.

References

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