Ambassador

Friðrik Jónsson

• 2024- Ambassador of Iceland to Poland

• 2023–2024 Minister-Counsellor at the Directorate of International Affairs and Policy MFA

• 2023-2024 Desk Officer for the OSCE, Poland, Ukraine, the Caucasus and Central-Asia, MFA

• 2021-2023 President of the Icelandic Confederation of University Graduates. Concurrently member of the National Economic Council, chaired by the Prime Minister of Iceland.

• 2020-2021 Director General for GRÓ, Centre for Capacity Development, Sustainability and Societal Change

• 2019-2021 Senior Arctic Official to the Arctic Council

• fall 2019 Director for Development Evaluation 

• 2014–2019 Iceland’s Representative to NATO’s Military Committee, the last year as the Dean, the first civilian to hold that title

• 2014-2019 Iceland’s representative to the Echelon of National Military Representatives at SHAPE HQ, in Mons, Belgium

• 2011-2014 Advisor to the Executive Director for the Nordic and Baltic Countries on the Board of the World Bank in Washington DC

• 2009-2010 International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) for 12 months, as Deputy Director Development in the stabilization unit (12 months), followed by 6 months as Development Coordinator with the United Nations Assistance Mission Afghanistan (UNAMA), Afghanistan

• 2008-2009 Director, Strategic Planning and Exercises, Iceland Defense Agency, Iceland

• 2002-2006 Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Iceland, Copenhagen

• 1998-2002 First Secretary and Defense Counsellor, Embassy of Iceland, Washington

• 1996-1998 and 2006-2008 Specialist at Ministry’s Political, Defense, Trade and Development Directorate

Born May 8, 1967, in Reykjavik. Married to Mrs. Elinborg Thora Thorbergsdottir. They have four children, two grandsons and two hound dogs. Fluent in Icelandic, English and Danish and has a working knowledge of German. Mr. Jonsson counts singing, strumming his multiple guitars, reading, cycling and walking his dogs as his favorite past-times.