The Honorary Consulate of Austria in Reykjavík is a volunteer-run office that assists Austrian citizens in Iceland; passport and visa applications go to the Austrian Embassy in Copenhagen (accredited to Iceland).
Contact Details
| Address | Orrahólar 5, 111 Reykjavík, Iceland |
| Telephone | +354 862 5116 |
| arni.siemsen@simnet.is | |
| Head of Mission | Árni Siemsen, Honorary Consul General |
Opening Hours
No regular opening hours are published. Contact the consulate by phone or e-mail to arrange a visit.
Location of the Consulate
About the honorary consulate in Reykjavík
The honorary consulate represents Austria in Iceland. No opening hours are published; arrange a visit in advance. To do so, call +354 862 5116 or e-mail arni.siemsen@simnet.is.
The office is in the capital, Reykjavík, about 37 km in a straight line from Keflavík International Airport.
As citizens of an EU country, Austrian nationals need no visa for Iceland; a valid passport or national identity card is enough to enter.
Which Austrian office issues passports and visas?
Passports and other formal consular services for Austrian citizens are handled by the Austrian Embassy in Copenhagen (accredited to Iceland).
Austria has no embassy in Iceland. According to the diplomatic list of the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs (April 2026), the mission accredited to Iceland is the Embassy of the Republic of Austria in Copenhagen. It is headed by Andreas Riecken (ambassador, credentials presented on 17 September 2025).
Contact details of the Austrian Embassy in Copenhagen, as listed on its page in this directory:
- Address: Austrian Embassy in Copenhagen, Sølundsvej 1, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
- Telephone: +45 39 29 41 41
- Email: kopenhagen-ob@bmeia.gv.at
- Website: www.bmeia.gv.at/oeb-kopenhagen
What can an honorary consul do?
An honorary consul is not a career diplomat but a local resident – often a business person or lawyer – appointed by Austria and approved by the host country. Depending on the powers granted, the honorary consul can help Austrian citizens in an emergency (lost passport, accident, arrest), pass on applications and documents to the embassy, and certify signatures or life certificates. Passports and visas are not issued by an honorary consulate; they remain the responsibility of the embassy or a career consulate.
Other consulates and embassies in Reykjavík
52 other countries are represented in Reykjavík, among them: Bangladesh (honorary), Belgium (honorary), Botswana (honorary), Bulgaria (honorary), Canada (embassy), Chile (honorary), China (embassy), Croatia (honorary), Czech Republic (honorary), Denmark (embassy), Dominican Republic (honorary), Estonia (honorary), Faroe Islands (representation office), Finland (embassy), France (embassy), Georgia (honorary), Germany (embassy), Greenland (representation office), Guinea-Bissau (honorary), Hungary (honorary). The full list of all 53 missions is on the overview page for Iceland.
Closing days
Iceland’s public holidays are New Year’s Day, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Monday, the First Day of Summer (the first Thursday after 18 April), Labour Day (1 May), Ascension Day, Whit Sunday and Monday, National Day (17 June), Commerce Day (the first Monday in August), Christmas Day and Boxing Day; Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve are holidays from 1 pm. Holidays that fall on a weekend are not moved to a weekday. In 2027, Easter falls on 28 March and the First Day of Summer on 22 April. The honorary consulate may also close on Austria’s national day (26 October).
Austrian missions in Iceland
- Copenhagen – Embassy of Austria (accredited to Iceland, no resident embassy in Iceland)
- Reykjavík – Honorary Consulate (this page)
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Details checked on 17 October 2026. Sources: Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs – Diplomatic and Consular List (April 2026).
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