Ambassador Gudmundur Árni Stefánsson presented today to the Honorable Barack Obama, the President of the United States of America, the Letters of Credence accrediting him as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Iceland to the United States of America at the Oval Office.

A new Cabinet was unveiled in Iceland on 31 December. During the reshuffle former finance minister Mr Steingrímur J. Sigfússon was named Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture as well as Minister of Economic Affairs. Mrs Oddný G. Harðardóttur was promoted into Cabinet as Minister of Finance. Mr Jón Bjarnason, Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture, and Mr Árni Páll Árnason, Minister of Economic Affairs, stepped down from the Cabinet. Other ministers retained their posts.

The Embassy of Iceland is closed January 2nd 2012 due to a federal holiday in the USA. In case of an emergency please contact the Foreign Ministry at telephone number 011-354-545-9900

The IMF, International Monitory Fund, has released this video on the positive economic development in Iceland these last three years.

Kristján Jóhannsson Icelandic tenor performed repeatedly without a break for 12 hours at the Abrons Art Center at 466 Grand St. on the Lower Side in New York Saturday November 19.

The November Newsletter from the Embassy of Iceland in Washington D.C.

The Supreme Court of Iceland today ruled in a case concerning the Emergency Act of October 6th 2008. The ruling entails that the law and associated acts stands undisputed.

The five Nordic countries, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Iceland and Nordic Innovation created a Nordic food day for all 130 DC public schools.

Encouraging a nation-wide participation, The President of Iceland, Olafur Ragnar Grimsson has invited tourists to enjoy pancakes at his home in an effort to make tourists feel welcome in Iceland.

The Tibor de Nagy Gallery is pleased to present its third exhibition of paintings by the much-admired Icelandic painter Louisa Matthiasdottir. The artist is known for her brightly-colored and strongly geometric realist paintings.

Björn Thoroddsen, the famous Icelandic Jazz guitarist and his equally famous colleague Robin Nolan will perform at Blues Alley on Monday, 24 October.

Embassy's September Newsletter (Vol.3 No.11)

October 26th is designated the Nordic Food Day in 125 public schools in Washington, D.C. when the students will be served among other treats, Norwegian salmon, Swedish meatballs and Icelandic skyr.

Keilir Aviation Academy announces "The first Winter Operation Forum", presented in partnership with AirTransportNews, ACI, AEA, SITA, Icelandair and the Ministry of Interior and Transport in Iceland.

Newsletter Vol 3 No 10

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed and approved on Friday the sixth and final review of Iceland's Economic Recovery Programme, supported by a Stand-By Arrangement, making the country the first to complete such a program following the international financial recession. The objectives have been met and the successful collaboration between Iceland and the IMF has drawn considerable attention.

An exciting programme in Harpa on August 20th from 13 until midnight culminating in the lighting of the glass facade by artist Ólafur Elíasson thirty minutes before the firework display.

The Snorri Sturluson Icelandic Fellowships are granted to writers, translators and scholars (not students) in the field of humanities from outside Iceland, to enable them to stay in Iceland for a period of at least three months, in order to improve their knowledge of the Icelandic language, culture and society. Application information.