Thorsteinn Ingolfsson
Permanent Representative – Iceland
2008
Born December 9, 1944 in Reykjavik, Iceland
Education
| 1971 | Candidatus Juris, University of Iceland. |
Diplomatic carreer:
| 1971 – 1973 | First Secretary (International and Political Affairs, Ministry for Foreign Affairs), Iceland |
| 1973 – 1978 | First Secretary and Counselor, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Iceland, Washington, D.C. |
| 1978 – 1985 | Chief of Division (Administration), Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Iceland |
| 1981 | Appointed Minister-Counselor |
| 1985 | Deputy-Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Geneva |
| 1987 | Appointed Ambassador |
| 1987 | Acting Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Geneva (EFTA, GATT and UN Organizations) |
| 1987 – 1990 | Director of the Defense Department of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs – Icelandic Chairman of the bilateral Icelandic-US Defense Council |
| 1990 – 1994 | Permanent Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Reykjavik, Iceland |
| 1994 – 1998 | Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Iceland to the North Atlantic Council and to the Western European Union |
| 1998- 2003 | Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations in New York |
| 2003-2006 | Executive Director, The World Bank and Affiliates, representing the Governments of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden at the Board of the World Bank, Washington DC. |
| 2006 – 2008 | Ambassador (Special Envoy of the Foreign Minister of Iceland), Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Reykjavik, Iceland. |
| 2008 - | Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Iceland to the North Atlantic Council. |
His wife is, Mrs. Holmfridur Kofoed-Hansen.