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
MinisterTook officeLeft officePartyCabinetOther role Matthías Árni Mathiesen8 July 1987 28 September 1988IPÞorsteinn Pálsson Minister of Communications Jón Sigurðsson28 September 198822 May 1989SDPSteingrímur Hermannsson (2) Minister of IndustryMinister of Commerce |Edvard Júlíus Sólnes10 September 198923 April 1991CPSteingrímur Hermannsson (3) Minister of Statistics Iceland Minister of Statistics IcelandMinister for the Environment Eiður Svanberg Guðnason13 May 199114 June 1993SDPDavíð Oddsson (1) Minister for the Environment Sighvatur Kristinn Björgvinsson14 June 199323 April 1995SDP Minister of Commerce and Industry Minister of Commerce and IndustryMinister of Health and Social Security Halldór Ásgrímsson16 May 199528 May 1999PPDavíð Oddsson (2) Minister for Foreign Affairs Siv Friðleifsdóttir28 May 199924 September 2004PPDavíð Oddsson (3)Minister for the EnvironmentDavíð Oddsson (4) Valgerður Sverrisdóttir24 September 200427 September 2005PPHalldór Ásgrímsson Minister of Industry and Commerce Sigríður Anna Þórðardóttir27 September 200515 June 2006IP Minister for the Environment Jónína Bjartmarz15 June 200624 May 2007PPGeir Haarde (1) Minister for the Environment Össur Skarphéðinsson24 May 20079 June 2008SDAGeir Haarde (2) Minister of Industry Björgvin G. Sigurðsson9 June 20081 February 2009SDA Minister of Business Affairs Kolbrún Halldórsdóttir1 February 200910 May 2009LGJóhanna Sigurðardóttir (1) Minister for the Environment Katrín Jakobsdóttir10 May 200923 May 2013LGJóhanna Sigurðardóttir (2) Minister of Education, Science and Culture Eygló Harðardóttir 30 September 2013 11 January 2017PPSigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson Minister of Social Affairs and HousingSigurður Ingi Jóhannsson Kristján Þór Júlíusson 24 January 2017 30 November 2017IPBjarni Benediktsson Minister of Education, Science and Culture Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson 30 November 2017 28 November 2021PPKatrín Jakobsdóttir (1) Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson 28 November 2021 17 October 2024LGKatrín Jakobsdóttir (2) Minister of Social Affairs and the Labour MarketLogi Einarsson23 December 2024presentSDAKristrún FrostadóttirMinister of Culture, Innovation and Higher Education
See also Minister for Nordic Cooperation (Denmark) Minister for Nordic Cooperation (Finland) Minister for Nordic Cooperation (Sweden)
References
External links Secretariat for Nordic Cooperation