Helgi Ágústsson
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Preceded byÓlafur Egilsson
Succeeded byBenedikt Ásgeirsson
Preceded byRóbert Trausti Árnason
Succeeded byÞorsteinn Pálsson
Helgi Ágústsson | |
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| Ambassador of Iceland to the United Kingdom | |
| In office May 3, 1995 – July 16, 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Ólafur Egilsson |
| Succeeded by | Benedikt Ásgeirsson |
| Ambassador of Iceland to Denmark | |
| In office April 15, 1999 – March 24, 2003 | |
| Preceded by | Róbert Trausti Árnason |
| Succeeded by | Þorsteinn Pálsson |
| Ambassador of Iceland to the United States | |
| In office December 9, 2002 – December 8, 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson |
| Succeeded by | Albert Jónsson |
| 8th Chairman of KKÍ | |
| In office 1982–1983 | |
| Preceded by | Kristbjörn Albertsson |
| Succeeded by | Þórdís Anna Kristjánsdóttir |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 16, 1941 |
| Spouse | Hervör Jónasdóttir |
| Children | 4 |
Helgi Ágústsson (born 16 October 1941) is an Icelandic former diplomat. He was the Ambassador of Iceland to the United Kingdom from 1989 to 1995, the Ambassador of Iceland to Denmark from 1999 to 2002, and the Ambassador of Iceland to the United States from 2002 to 2006.[1] During the Cod Wars in the 1970s, he worked for the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs in London.[2]