France–Iceland_relations

France–Iceland relations

France–Iceland relations

Bilateral relations

French–Icelandic relations are foreign relations between Iceland and France. Diplomatic relations between them were established on 10 January 1946. Both nations are members of the European Economic Area, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and the United Nations.

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History

French seamen started fishing in the seas nearby Iceland in the 18th century. In the 1900s the French organization Société des hopitaux francais d´Islande built three hospitals in Iceland, one in Reykjavík, one in the Vestmann Islands and one in Fáskrúðsfjörður, East-Iceland. Of those three hospitals, the hospital in Fáskrúðsfjörður was rebuilt in 2009–2014. In 1955 a cemetery was built in Fáskrúðsfjörður for 49 French seamen.[1]

Trade and investment

In 2014, Iceland directly exported goods worth 12.7 billion ISK to France, making them the seventh export destination of Iceland.[2]

Resident diplomatic missions

  • Embassy of France in Reykjavík
  • Embassy of Iceland in Paris

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Halla Björg Þórisdóttir (June 2012). C'est la vie. Arfleifð franskra sjómanna á Fáskrúðsfirði (Thesis) (in Icelandic). hdl:1946/11354.
  2. [2]
    "Viðskiptatengslin á milli Íslands og Frakklands styrkjast". The French-Icelandic commerce council (in Icelandic). Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  3. [3]
    Embassy of France in Iceland
  4. [4]
    "Embassy of Iceland in Paris". Archived from the original on 2017-12-23. Retrieved 2016-11-02.


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