Estrid Brekkan

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a family name, but this person is referred to by the given name Estrid.
Estrid Brekkan
Brekkan with filmmaker hypnotist Gurwann Tran Van Gie
Iceland Ambassador to Sweden
In office
23 September 2015 – 31 July 2020
Preceded byGunnar Gunnarsson
Succeeded byHannes Heimisson

Estrid Brekkan (born 1954) is an Icelandic diplomat and the former Icelandic ambassador to Sweden, Albania and Kuwait.[1][2]

Career

In 1974, Estrid started working for the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.[3][4] From 2002 to 2006, she was the Counsellor at the Embassy in Oslo. From 2008 to 2013, she served as Minister Counsellor at the Embassy in Paris and from 2013 until 2015 she was the Director of International Organisations and Human Rights at the Directorate for International and Security Affairs in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, and Deputy Director General of the Directorate.[5][6]

In 2015, she was made the Icelandic ambassador to Sweden, Albania and Kuwait. She presented her credentials in Stockholm on 23 September 2015.[5]

Personal life

Estrid is of Icelandic, Danish and Swedish descent.[7] earned a degree in Political Science from University of Maryland University College.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Embassy's jurisdiction". Kuwait. Government of Iceland. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  2. ^ Joakim Strand (2 September 2019). "Lapp på luckan när Islands ambassadör gästade". Värmlands Folkblad (in Swedish). Retrieved 26 February 2023.Closed access icon
  3. ^ Anna Bjarnadóttir (15 August 1986). "Að sjá heiminn og fá borgað fyrir það". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). pp. 2B–3B. Retrieved 26 February 2023 – via Tímarit.is.Open access icon
  4. ^ Ómar Valdimarsson (26 February 1982). "Í Moskvu þurfa diplómatar ekki að ganga með poka". Helgarpósturinn (in Icelandic). p. 26. Retrieved 26 February 2023 – via Tímarit.is.Open access icon
  5. ^ a b c "New ambassadors to Sweden". Government of Sweden. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  6. ^ Atli Ísleifsson (27 March 2015). "Estrid Brekkan skipuð sendiherra". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  7. ^ Bertil Jobeus (2016). "Estrid Brekkan - isländsk ambassadör med svenskrötter". Nordens tidning (in Swedish). pp. 14–15. Retrieved 26 February 2023.


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