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Stefán Haukur Jóhannesson (born 4 January 1959 in the
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) is an Icelandic diplomat. He has been the Ambassador of Iceland to
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since April 2021. He was previously the Ambassador to the United Kingdom from November 2017 to November 2020.


Career

Jóhannesson has been a civil servant since 1985. From 2001 to 2005, he was the Ambassador of Iceland to the UN in
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, and concurrently from 2002 to 2005, the Ambassador of Iceland to Slovenia. From 2005 to 2010, Jóhannesson was the Ambassador to the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Morocco, Switzerland and the EU. Between 2009 and 2013, Jóhannesson was the Chief Negotiator in Iceland's accession talks with the European Union. The talks were later abandoned. Jóhannesson was made the Ambassador to the United Kingdom in November 2017. He presented his
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to
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on 14 December 2017. In November 2020, he was replaced by
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. Jóhannesson was already in August 2020 appointed the Ambassador to Japan and originally would take the post at the turn of the year between 2020 and 2021. He presented his
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on 8 April 2021.Stefan H Johannesson on Twitter: "Presented my credentials to His Majesty the Emperor of Japan this morning. Motorcade departing for the Imperial Palace from the iconic Tokyo Station for the presentation ceremony on this beautiful day 🇯🇵🤝🇮🇸"
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Personal life

Jóhannesson is married to Halldóra Hermannsdóttir and they have three children, including Einar Stefánsson, musician from
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and Hatari. He has a law degree from the
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.


See also

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Iceland–United Kingdom relations Icelandic–British relations are foreign relations between Iceland and the United Kingdom. Before independence, Iceland had been an independent part of the Kingdom of Denmark since 1918. Fearing an Axis move against Iceland following the Nazi ...
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Ambassadors of Iceland This is a list of ambassadors of Iceland (excluding consuls). Current ambassadors Permanent representatives to international organisations Ambassadors to past countries *Czechoslovakia *East Germany (German Democratic Republic) *Serbia and Mon ...


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Stefán Haukur Jóhannesson Stefán Haukur Jóhannesson (born 4 January 1959 in the Westman Islands, Iceland) is an Icelandic diplomat. He has been the Ambassador of Iceland to Japan since April 2021. He was previously the List of ambassadors of Iceland to the United Kingdom, ...
Stefán Haukur Jóhannesson Stefán Haukur Jóhannesson (born 4 January 1959 in the Westman Islands, Iceland) is an Icelandic diplomat. He has been the Ambassador of Iceland to Japan since April 2021. He was previously the List of ambassadors of Iceland to the United Kingdom, ...
Permanent representatives of Iceland to the United Nations Office at Geneva
Stefán Haukur Jóhannesson Stefán Haukur Jóhannesson (born 4 January 1959 in the Westman Islands, Iceland) is an Icelandic diplomat. He has been the Ambassador of Iceland to Japan since April 2021. He was previously the List of ambassadors of Iceland to the United Kingdom, ...
Stefán Haukur Jóhannesson Stefán Haukur Jóhannesson (born 4 January 1959 in the Westman Islands, Iceland) is an Icelandic diplomat. He has been the Ambassador of Iceland to Japan since April 2021. He was previously the List of ambassadors of Iceland to the United Kingdom, ...
Stefán Haukur Jóhannesson Stefán Haukur Jóhannesson (born 4 January 1959 in the Westman Islands, Iceland) is an Icelandic diplomat. He has been the Ambassador of Iceland to Japan since April 2021. He was previously the List of ambassadors of Iceland to the United Kingdom, ...
Stefán Haukur Jóhannesson Stefán Haukur Jóhannesson (born 4 January 1959 in the Westman Islands, Iceland) is an Icelandic diplomat. He has been the Ambassador of Iceland to Japan since April 2021. He was previously the List of ambassadors of Iceland to the United Kingdom, ...
Stefán Haukur Jóhannesson Stefán Haukur Jóhannesson (born 4 January 1959 in the Westman Islands, Iceland) is an Icelandic diplomat. He has been the Ambassador of Iceland to Japan since April 2021. He was previously the List of ambassadors of Iceland to the United Kingdom, ...
Stefán Haukur Jóhannesson Stefán Haukur Jóhannesson (born 4 January 1959 in the Westman Islands, Iceland) is an Icelandic diplomat. He has been the Ambassador of Iceland to Japan since April 2021. He was previously the List of ambassadors of Iceland to the United Kingdom, ...
Stefán Haukur Jóhannesson Stefán Haukur Jóhannesson (born 4 January 1959 in the Westman Islands, Iceland) is an Icelandic diplomat. He has been the Ambassador of Iceland to Japan since April 2021. He was previously the List of ambassadors of Iceland to the United Kingdom, ...
Stefán Haukur Jóhannesson Stefán Haukur Jóhannesson (born 4 January 1959 in the Westman Islands, Iceland) is an Icelandic diplomat. He has been the Ambassador of Iceland to Japan since April 2021. He was previously the List of ambassadors of Iceland to the United Kingdom, ...
Stefán Haukur Jóhannesson Stefán Haukur Jóhannesson (born 4 January 1959 in the Westman Islands, Iceland) is an Icelandic diplomat. He has been the Ambassador of Iceland to Japan since April 2021. He was previously the List of ambassadors of Iceland to the United Kingdom, ...
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