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
#00ADEF	Matthías Árni Mathiesen	8 July 1987	28 September 1988	IP	Þorsteinn Pálsson	Minister of Communications
#da2128	Jón Sigurðsson	28 September 1988	22 May 1989	SDP	Steingrímur Hermannsson (2)	Minister of Industry 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
#da2128	Eiður Svanberg Guðnason	13 May 1991	14 June 1993	SDP	Davíð Oddsson (1)	Minister for the Environment
#da2128	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
#87FF91	Halldór Ásgrímsson	16 May 1995	28 May 1999	PP	Davíð Oddsson (2)	Minister for Foreign Affairs
#87FF91	Siv Friðleifsdóttir	28 May 1999	24 September 2004	PP	Davíð Oddsson (3)	Minister for the Environment
					Davíð Oddsson (4)
#87FF91	Valgerður Sverrisdóttir	24 September 2004	27 September 2005	PP	Halldór Ásgrímsson	Minister of Industry and Commerce
#00ADEF	Sigríður Anna Þórðardóttir	27 September 2005	15 June 2006	IP		Minister for the Environment
#87FF91	Jónína Bjartmarz	15 June 2006	24 May 2007	PP	Geir Haarde (1)	Minister for the Environment
#ED1400	Össur Skarphéðinsson	24 May 2007	9 June 2008	SDA	Geir Haarde (2)	Minister of Industry
#ED1400	Björgvin G. Sigurðsson	9 June 2008	1 February 2009	SDA		Minister of Business Affairs
#00B878	Kolbrún Halldórsdóttir	1 February 2009	10 May 2009	LG	Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (1)	Minister for the Environment
#00B878	Katrín Jakobsdóttir	10 May 2009	23 May 2013	LG	Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (2)	Minister of Education, Science and Culture
#87FF91	Eygló Harðardóttir	30 September 2013	11 January 2017	PP	Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson	Minister of Social Affairs and Housing
					Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson
#00ADEF	Kristján Þór Júlíusson	24 January 2017	30 November 2017	IP	Bjarni Benediktsson	Minister of Education, Science and Culture
#87FF91	Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson	30 November 2017	-	PP	Katrín Jakobsdóttir	Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources

See also

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

External links

• Secretariat for Nordic Cooperation