Background
ANDERSEN, Hans was born in 1919 in Winnipeg, Canada. Son of F. A. Andersen, Certified Public Accountant and Thora Andersen.
ANDERSEN, Hans was born in 1919 in Winnipeg, Canada. Son of F. A. Andersen, Certified Public Accountant and Thora Andersen.
University of Iceland and Harvard University.
Lecturer, University of Iceland 39 1948-1954. Ambassador to North Atlantic Treaty Organization 1954-1962, to Organization of European Economic Cooperation 1956-1962, to France 1961-1962, to Sweden 1962-1963, to Norway 1963-1969. Legal Adviser, Ministry for Foreign Affairs since 1969.
Ambassador to United States of America 1976-1987, to the United Nations 1986-1990.
Chairman Icelandic delegation to Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea. Commander of the.
Married Astridur Helgaddttir in 1945.