Kristinn Guðmundsson

Kristinn Guðmundsson (born October 14, 1897 on the farm Krókur, Rauðasandur , today Vesturbyggð municipality ; † April 30, 1982 in Reykjavík ) was an Icelandic politician ( Progressive Party ) and diplomat .

Life

Kristinn Guðmundsson studied law at the University of Iceland , then from 1921 to 1926 law and economics in Kiel and Berlin. In 1926 he received his doctorate with the dissertation The Danish-English trade relations in their development and current design at the Institute for World Economy and Maritime Transport at the University of Kiel .

From September 1953 to July 1956 Kristinn Guðmundsson was his country's foreign minister as successor to Bjarni Benediktsson . From September 27, 1956 to January 1, 1961, he served as Icelandic Ambassador to the United Kingdom ; from November 16, 1956 to January 19, 1961, he was also responsible for the Netherlands . From 1961 he was Icelandic ambassador to the Soviet Union and various Eastern European countries: the Soviet Union on Jan. 1, 1961 - December 31, 1967, Bulgaria April 29, 1965 - December 31, 1967, Romania December 28, 1960 - December 31, 1967, Hungary 28th December 1960 - December 31, 1967.

Web links

Profile on the homepage of the Icelandic Parliament (Icelandic)
Obituary on the homepage of the Icelandic Parliament (Icelandic)
List of Icelandic ministers on rulers.org

Remarks

↑ Kristinn Guðmundsson fyrrum utanríkisráðherra látinn . In: Morgunblaðið . No. 93 , May 1, 1982, pp. 48 ( timarit.is ).
↑ In the profile on the Althing website, April 30, 1987 is given as the date of death, which must be a typo. 1982 is confirmed as the year of death by various obituaries and newspaper reports from 1982.
↑ Skrá yfir fulltrúa Íslands hjá erlendum ríkjum frá upphafi (Icelandic Representatives to other States) ( is ) Utanríkisráðuneytið. Retrieved March 6, 2016.

personal data
SURNAME	Kristinn Guðmundsson
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Icelandic politician
DATE OF BIRTH	October 14, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vesturbyggð
DATE OF DEATH	April 30, 1982
Place of death	Reykjavík

[mbl-1] Kristinn Guðmundsson fyrrum utanríkisráðherra látinn . In: Morgunblaðið . No. 93 , May 1, 1982, pp. 48 ( timarit.is ).

[2] In the profile on the Althing website, April 30, 1987 is given as the date of death, which must be a typo. 1982 is confirmed as the year of death by various obituaries and newspaper reports from 1982.

[utan-3] Skrá yfir fulltrúa Íslands hjá erlendum ríkjum frá upphafi (Icelandic Representatives to other States) ( is ) Utanríkisráðuneytið. Retrieved March 6, 2016.