Background
HELGASON, Hordur was born on March 27, 1923 in Isafjor dur. Son of Helgi Gudbjartsson and Sigrun Juliusddttir.
HELGASON, Hordur was born on March 27, 1923 in Isafjor dur. Son of Helgi Gudbjartsson and Sigrun Juliusddttir.
Duke University North Carolina
Deputy Permanent Representative to North Atlantic Treaty Organization Council 1952-1960. Head Defence Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1960-1966, Counsellor, then Minister-Counsellor, Washington District of Columbia 1966-1973, Deputy Permanent Secretary 1973-1976, Ambassador, Permanent
Under-Secretary and Secretary Parliament.
Foreign Relations Committee 1979-1982. Permanent Representative, 86.
Ambassador to Denmark (also accredited to Italy, Israel and Turkey) since 1986.
Married Sarah Ross Boynton in 1946.