Embassies in Iceland

Most travelers don't want to have to call on their embassy while on a trip, because it usually means something has gone wrong. But if your passport gets lost or stolen in Iceland, or you land in hospital or in trouble with the police, your embassy or consulate is one of the first places to go for help.

Here's the catch: Iceland is a small country, and only a handful of governments keep a full embassy in Reykjavik. Everyone else covers Iceland from Oslo, Copenhagen, Stockholm or further away, often with a volunteer honorary consul in town. Find out which one is yours before you fly, not after your wallet goes missing.

What an embassy can and can't do for you

Your embassy can replace a lost or stolen passport (often with a temporary emergency document so you can get home), help if you're arrested or seriously ill, contact family, and in some cases help you apply for a visa to travel on to another country. It can't pay your hotel bill, get you out of a speeding fine, or override Icelandic law.

For anything urgent, like an accident, a fire or a crime in progress, call 112, Iceland's single emergency number. Call your embassy after that.

If you need a visa to get into Iceland in the first place, that's handled through Iceland's own missions or the Schengen country that represents Iceland where you live. The Directorate of Immigration runs the system, and each Icelandic embassy posts its own visa page (here's Beijing's, for example).

Foreign embassies in Reykjavik

This list comes from the Diplomatic and Consular List published by Iceland's Ministry for Foreign Affairs (April 2026 edition; the ministry's protocol page always links the latest one), with each embassy's own site linked. Most of them sit in the old west side of downtown, around Túngata and Laufásvegur, so they're an easy walk from the center. Check hours on the embassy's site before you go, since many keep short public hours and some want an appointment.

The Faroe Islands (Túngata 14) and Greenland (Túngata 5) also run their own representation offices in Reykjavik, separate from Denmark's embassy. Greenland's is a good first stop if you're thinking about a side trip to Greenland.

A few changes since this page was first written

• The U.S. embassy moved. It left its old home on Laufásvegur in 2020 and is now at Engjateigur 7, east of downtown near Laugardalur, so don't follow an old map.
• Russia's embassy has no ambassador. The ministry's list shows the ambassador post as vacant, with a chargé d'affaires running the mission. Iceland suspended its own embassy in Moscow in 2023, so relations are at a low level.
• Spain has a small office, not a full embassy. The ambassador lives in Oslo, and Spanish passports and consular help are handled there.

If your country isn't on the list

Plenty of countries cover Iceland from another Nordic capital. According to the same ministry list, Australia's embassy for Iceland is in Copenhagen, Ireland's, Italy's, the Netherlands' and South Africa's are in Oslo, and New Zealand's is in Stockholm. Many of these countries also have an honorary consul in Reykjavik who can point you in the right direction, though honorary consuls usually can't issue passports. The Association of Honorary Consuls in Iceland and the ministry's full list (a big PDF, linked from its protocol page) have the details.

My tip: before you leave home, save your embassy's phone number and a photo of your passport's photo page on your phone. It makes a lost passport a hassle instead of a crisis. The packing for Iceland page has more on what to bring.

Iceland's embassies abroad

Going the other way? Iceland runs 26 diplomatic missions in 21 countries, plus more than 200 honorary consuls around the world. If you need an Icelandic visa, want to ask about moving to Iceland, or are an Icelander who needs help abroad, these are the offices to contact. Each link goes to the mission's page on the Government of Iceland website.

Iceland also has consulates-general in Nuuk, Greenland, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands and Winnipeg, Canada, the last one serving the big Icelandic-Canadian community in Manitoba. Its missions to international bodies are the UN in New York, NATO in Brussels and the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.

There's no Icelandic embassy in Moscow at the moment. Everywhere else, the ministry's consular affairs page is the place to start.

FAQ

Is there a U.S. embassy in Iceland?

Yes. The U.S. Embassy is at Engjateigur 7, 105 Reykjavík (phone +354 595 2200). It moved there from Laufásvegur in 2020.

Is there an Australian embassy in Iceland?

No. The ministry's list shows Australia covering Iceland from its embassy in Copenhagen. New Zealand covers Iceland from Stockholm.

Where do I go if I lose my passport in Reykjavik?

Contact your embassy and ask what documents they need before you go in. If your country has no embassy in Reykjavik, call the one that covers Iceland from abroad; it may send you to an honorary consul in town or ask you to travel on an emergency document.

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