Ambassador

Curriculum Vitae

Elín Flygenring, born 12 May 1957

Education
Lawyer´s Degree, (Cand. jur.), University of Iceland, 1982
Attorney at Law, 1986
Diploma in Graduate Trade Legislation, Stockholm University, 1987
MA in European Community Legislation, Stockholm University, 1988

Professional:

Equality Council
Secretary General, 1982 -86
-Member of the Committee on Equal Rights of the Council of Europe,1983-84
-Member of the Committee on Women in Politics, 1984-85
-Member of the Committe on Equal Rights of the Nordic Council, 1985-86

Nordic Council
Head of Cultural Divison and Secretary General of the Parliamentary Cultural Committee
Nordic Council, Stockholm, 1986-1994

Parliament of Iceland
Head of International Department Parliament of Iceland 1994-98
-Executive Manager, for the Annual Session of the Nordic Council, 1994-95

Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Advisor, political department 1998
Counsellor 1999, - head of unit of the Icelandic chairmanship of Nordic Minsters for Foreign Affairs cooperation
Minister-Counsellor 2000, political department
Embassy of Iceland, Berlin, 2001-2003
Director of Information, Cultural Affairs and Consular Liaison 2003-2006
Ambassador, Chief of Protocol, 2006-2008
Permanent Representative of Iceland to the Council of Europe 2008
Ambassador in Finland 2009. Accredited to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Ukranie

Languages
Swedish, Danish, English, German

Private:

Married to Finnbogi Jakobsson, MD, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Neurology, Director of Neurophysiology, University Hospital of Iceland. Two daughters, born 1989 and 1991