Minister for Nordic Cooperation (Iceland)

Iceland's Minister for Nordic Cooperation is a cabinet minister who takes on this role in addition to his or her departmental responsibilities.

The Minister for Nordic Cooperation is responsible for coordinating the activities of Iceland within the Nordic Council. The minister is assisted by a Secretariat for Nordic Cooperation, under the ultimate responsibility of the Prime Minister.

List

Minister			Took office	Left office	Party	Cabinet	Other role
		Matthías Árni Mathiesen	8 July 1987	28 September 1988	IP	Þorsteinn Pálsson	Minister of Communications
		Jón Sigurðsson	28 September 1988	22 May 1989	SDP	Steingrímur Hermannsson (2)	Minister of Commerce
	|	Edvard Júlíus Sólnes	10 September 1989	23 April 1991	CP	Steingrímur Hermannsson (3)	Minister of Statistics Iceland
							Minister of Statistics Iceland Minister for the Environment
		Eiður Svanberg Guðnason	13 May 1991	14 June 1993	SDP	Davíð Oddsson (1)	Minister for the Environment
		Sighvatur Kristinn Björgvinsson	14 June 1993	23 April 1995	SDP		Minister of Commerce and Industry
							Minister of Commerce and Industry Minister of Health and Social Security
		Halldór Ásgrímsson	16 May 1995	28 May 1999	PP	Davíð Oddsson (2)	Minister for Foreign Affairs
		Siv Friðleifsdóttir	28 May 1999	24 September 2004	PP	Davíð Oddsson (3)	Minister for the Environment
						Davíð Oddsson (4)
		Valgerður Sverrisdóttir	24 September 2004	27 September 2005	PP	Halldór Ásgrímsson	Minister of Industry and Commerce
		Sigríður Anna Þórðardóttir	27 September 2005	15 June 2006	IP		Minister for the Environment
		Jónína Bjartmarz	15 June 2006	24 May 2007	PP	Geir Haarde (1)	Minister for the Environment
		Össur Skarphéðinsson	24 May 2007	9 June 2008	SDA	Geir Haarde (2)	Minister of Industry
		Björgvin G. Sigurðsson	9 June 2008	1 February 2009	SDA		Minister of Business Affairs
		Kolbrún Halldórsdóttir	1 February 2009	10 May 2009	LG	Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (1)	Minister for the Environment
		Katrín Jakobsdóttir	10 May 2009	23 May 2013	LG	Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (2)	Minister of Education, Science and Culture
		Eygló Harðardóttir	30 September 2013	11 January 2017	PP	Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson	Minister of Social Affairs and Housing
						Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson
		Kristján Þór Júlíusson	24 January 2017	30 November 2017	IP	Bjarni Benediktsson	Minister of Education, Science and Culture
		Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson	30 November 2017	28 November 2021	PP	Katrín Jakobsdóttir (1)	Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources
		Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson	28 November 2021	present	LG	Katrín Jakobsdóttir (2)	Minister of Social Affairs and the Labour Market

See also

• Minister for Nordic Cooperation (Denmark)
• Minister for Nordic Cooperation (Finland)
• Minister for Nordic Cooperation (Sweden)

External links

• Secretariat for Nordic Cooperation

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