Embassy's Jurisdiction
The Embassy of Iceland in Paris represents Iceland vis-a-vis France, as well as Andorra, Italy, Monaco, Lebanon, Portugal and Spain.
Information about Icelandic consulates in the embassy's jurisdiction can be found below.
Pétur Benediktsson was appointed first Ambassador of Iceland to France in 1946. Opening in 1947 of the honorary consulates in Boulogne and Bordeaux.
Treaties Between the Countries:
1742 Commerce
1813 Right to detract
1873 Measurement of ships
1877 Extradition
1880 Subscriptions to newspapers
1886 Property of deceased sailors
1906 Measurement of ships
1910 Trademarks
1911 Arbitration
1912 & 1913 Protection of industrial designs
1926 Bills & certificates of origin
Conciliation & arbitration
1930 Literature, science & education
1947 Abolition of short-term visa requirements
1951 Trade
1957 Trade
1972 Trademarks
1981 Air transportation taxes
1983 Scientific & cultural cooperation
Travel documents
1990 Film coproduction
Abolishing double taxation on income
1992 Shellfish
1994 Traité de Spitzberg du 9.2.1920 (depository France)
Iceland is a member of the following international organisations based in France :
- Council of Europe, Strasbourg (1950)
- Permanent Mission of Iceland to the CoE
- OECD, Paris (1961)
- UNESCO, Paris (1964)
- INTERPOL, Lyon (1971)
- EUTELSAT, Paris (1987)
- International Astronomical Union (1988)
- European Audiovisual Observatory & European Fund for co-production of cinematography, EURIMAGES, Strasbourg (1992)
- OIE, Paris (1998)
- BIE, Paris (1999)
and is an associate member of the International Legal Meterological Organisation, Paris (OIML).
Links:
France
Embassy of Iceland, Paris
52, Avenue Victor Hugo
FR-75116 Paris, France
H.E. Ms. Unnur Orradóttir Ramette (2020)
Email: [email protected]
Office hours: 09:30-15:30 Mon - Fri
Phone: +33-(0)1 44 17 32 85
Consulates of Iceland
Bordeaux
Mr. Antoine Darquey - Honorary Consul4, rue des Aulnes
FR-33520 Bruges
Boulogne-sur-Mer
Mr. Xavier Leduc - Honorary Consul13, rue Huret Lagache, B.P. 447
FR-62206 Boulogne-sur-Mer
Caen
Ms Alexandra Le Breton - Honorary Consul7 rue des Jardins
FR-14940 Touffreville
Lyon
Mr. Michel Valette - Honorary Consulc/o IMPLID
79, cours Vitton
FR-69006 Lyon
Marseille
Mr. Guy Chambon - Honorary Consul3, rue Beauvau
FR-13008 Marseille
Nice
Mr. Maurice Dumas-Lairolle - Honorary Consul105, Quai des Etats Unis
FR-06300 Nice
Strasbourg
Ms Solveen Dromson - Honorary Consul7/9, Rue du Marais Vert
67000 Strasbourg
Sverrir Haukur Gunnlaugsson was appointed Iceland's first Ambassador to the Principality of Andorra in 1997.
Iceland and Andorra have relations through international organisations (Council of Europe & UN). The two PMs met in NY September 2003.
Andorra
Embassy of Iceland, Paris
52, avenue Victor Hugo
75116 Paris, France
H.E. Ms. Unnur Orradóttir Ramette (2021)
Email: [email protected]
Office hours: 09:30 - 15:30 Mon - Fri
Phone: (+33) 1 4417 3285
Consulates of Iceland
Andorra la Vella
Mr Gabriel Espelleta - Honorary ConsulC. Miradors d'Encamp, 16
Edifici 2 - 2n2ª
AD-200 Encamp
Before Pétur Benediktsson was appointed Iceland's first Ambassador to Italy in 1949, there already existed Honorary Consulates in Genoa (1945), Napoli and Milano (1948).
Italian-Icelandic Chamber of Commerce was founded in Milano in September 2001.
Treaties between the Countries:
1864 Trade
1902 Trade
1868 Military duty
1873 Extradition
1883 Exemption Court fees
1889 Death certificates
1891 Abolition right to detract
1905 Arbitration
1907 Protection of industrial designs
1907 Ship measurements
1936 Clearing arrangement
1950 Abolition visa requirements
1956 Trade
1983 Travel documents
2003 cultural cooperation treaty
2004 avoidance of double taxation being negotiated
Information about Italy from OECD
Iceland is a member of the FAO based in Rome (1945) and of the Fund for Agricultural Development.
Links:
Italy
Embassy of Iceland, Paris
52, Avenue Victor Hugo
FR-75116 Paris, France
H.E. Ms. Unnur Orradóttir Ramette (2021)
Email: [email protected]
Office hours: 09:30-15:30 Mon - Fri
Phone: +33 (1) 4417 3285
Consulates of Iceland
Genoa
Ms. Maria Cristina Rizzi - Honorary Consul GeneralSalita alla Spianata di Castelletto 9
IT-16124 Genoa
Messina
Mr. Antonino Strano - Honorary Consul GeneralVia Industriale 110
IT-98123 Messina
Milano
Mrs. Olga Clausen - Honorary Consul GeneralVia Luigi Vitali, 2
IT-20122 Milano
Napoli
Mr. Gianluca Eminente - Honorary ConsulVia Petrarca 93/9
IT-80122 Napoli
Lebanon
Embassy of Iceland, Paris
52, Avenue Victor Hugo
FR-75116 Paris, France
H.E. Ms. Unnur Orradóttir Ramette (2021)
Email: [email protected]
Office hours: 09:30-15:30 Mon - Fri
Phone: +33 (1) 4417 3285
Consulates of Iceland
Beirut
Mrs. Carla F. Jabre - Honorary Consul GeneralJabre Building, Jabre Street, Fanar / Jdeidet-el-Metn
P.O. Box 90701
Beirut
Monaco
52, Avenue Victor Hugo
FR-75116 Paris, France
H.E. Ms. Unnur Orradóttir Ramette (agréée)
Email: [email protected]
Office hours: 09:30-15:30 Mon - Fri
Phone: +33 1 4417 3285
Portugal
Embassy of Iceland, Paris
52, Avenue Victor Hugo
FR-75116 Paris, France
H.E. Ms. Unnur Orradóttir Ramette (2021)
Email: [email protected]
Office hours: 09:30-15:30 Mon - Fri
Phone: +33 (0)1 4417 3285
Consulates of Iceland
Aveiro/Gafanha da Nazaré
Mr. António Carlos Vieira Ribau - Honorary ConsulEmpresa de Pesca Ribau,
Porto Bacalhoeiro, Apartado 6
PT-3830-908 Gafanha da Nazaré (Aveiro)
Lisbon
Ms. Helena C. T. Guerra Dundas - Honorary ConsulRua José Ferrao Castelo Branco, 19
PT-2770-099 Paco D'Arcos
Pétur Benediktsson was appointed Iceland's first Ambassador to Spain in 1949. Honorary consulates of Iceland opened in Barcelona & Sevilla 1950.
Foreign Trade and Investments
Fisheries play a key role between the two countries. Fisheries Minister Thorsteinn Palsson went to Spain in 1997 on an official visit as did his successor Arni Mathiesen in 1999. Samuel Juarez Casado, Secretary-General of Fisheries, went to Iceland on an official visit in November 1998.
Former Prime Minister David Oddsson presided the founding of the Spanish-Icelandic Chamber of Commerce in Barcelona in September 1997. For further information please contact Mrs. Sigríður Ásthildur Andersen.
Treaties Between the Countries:
1840 Abolition right to detract
1885 Ship measurements
1899 Extradition
1923 Trade
1929 Arbitration
1934 Trade
1949 Trade
1983 Travel Documents
2002 Avoidance double taxation
Spain
Embassy of Iceland, Paris
52, Avenue Victor Hugo
75116 Paris, France
H.E. Ms. Unnur Orradóttir Ramette (2022)
Email: [email protected]
Office hours: 09:30 - 15:30 Mon - Fri
Phone: (+33) 1 4417 3285
Consulates of Iceland
Barcelona
Ms Astrid Helgadóttir - Honorary ConsulVia Augusta 42-44
ES-08006 Barcelona
Benidorm
Ms Yolanda Campus Alcaraz - Honorary ConsulCalle Gambo, N° 3, Edificio Las Palmas, Escalera B 1º-Puerta 8
ES-03503 Benidorm
Bilbao
Mrs. Maria José Bilbao - Honorary ConsulPaseo Landabarri 52 lonja
ES-48940 Leioa/Bilbao
Las Palmas, Canary Islands
Mr. Javier Betancor Jorge - Honorary ConsulAvenida de Canarias 22, Edificio Bitacora, Torre Norte
ES-35002 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Madrid (Las Rozas)
Iñigo Ortega Urretavizcaya - Consul GeneralPollensa 2
ES-28290 Las Rozas
Málaga
Mr. Per Dover Petersen - Honorary ConsulEdif. Ronda I, 3B, Paseo Marítimo 91
ES-29640 Fuengirola (Málaga)
Orihuela Costa
Mr Manuel Zerón - Honorary Consulc/o Cove Advisers
Alhelies Street N° 1, Unit 3, Playa Flamenca
ES-03189 Orihuela Costa
Palma de Mallorca
Mr. Joaquin Gual de Torrella Massanet - Honorary ConsulCalle Concepcio N. 13, 1°1a
ES-07012 Palma de Mallorca
Sevilla
Mrs. Victoria Coronil Jónsson - Honorary ConsulGlorieta de las Cigarreras, 1 10-D
ES-41011 Sevilla
Valencia
Mr. Francisco Javier Miralles Torija-Gascó - Honorary ConsulPlaza Porta de la Mar 4
ES-46004 Valencia
Vigo/Pontevedra
Mr. Alejandro Hernández Alfageme - Honorary ConsulCalle Arquitecto Gómez Román 54
ES-36390 Vigo (Pontevedra)