Governance

Embassies

An embassy helps to preserve and protect the relationship between the host country and the country represented by the embassy. Embassy workers can also assist travellers or foreign nationals visiting the host country in distress.

Embassy support

Embassy support staff is typically made up of:

economic officers who handle economic issues and negotiate patents, taxes and tariffs among others,
consular officers who deal with traveller related issues like issuing visas,
political officers who follow the political climate in the host country and issue reports to travellers and their home government.

Icelandic embassies in other countries

Iceland maintains 16 embassies abroad as well as 211 consulates.

Here you can find official information about all the countries Iceland has diplomatic relations with, including Iceland’s accredited mission to each country, each country’s accredited mission to Iceland, Iceland’s Honorary Consulates around the world and visa information.

In countries where there is no Icelandic mission, according to the Helsinki Treaty, public officials in the foreign services of any of the Nordic countries are to assist citizens of another Nordic country if that country is not represented in the territory concerned.