Diplomatic briefing
Embassy of India
EmbassyIceland · Ambassador: B. Shyam
6 figures · 2 sources · built 2 hours ago
In short
India’s embassy in Iceland records a reported community of 746, 13 agreements on record and a UN voting alignment with India of 44%. Led by B. Shyam, ambassador.
Overseas Indians
Medium confidence746
persons · as of Jan 2026
Source· retrieved 1 day ago
Population of Overseas Indians
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: row "Iceland"
“PIOs 237 + NRIs 509 = 746”
Published: undated · Read: 7 October 2026
MEA publishes no methodology for these estimates and told a Parliamentary committee it holds "no authentic data". The page also repeats some countries from an older vintage with the PIO/NRI columns swapped; the first occurrence is used here. This country appears 2× on the page.
Agreements on record
Medium confidence13
agreements · 1950–present
Source· retrieved 2 hours ago
Indian Treaties Database — filtered by country
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: search-result-item count, sorted newest first (newest: 30 July 2007)
“MOU ON SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND ICELAND — 30 July 2007”
Published: 30 July 2007 · Read: 8 October 2026
MEA states it cannot vouch for the accuracy or completeness of this database. It carries no status field, so "in force" cannot be derived from it — only that an agreement is on record.
UN votes matching India’s
44%
share of UNGA votes matching India’s · UNGA session 78
Source· retrieved 12 hours ago
United Nations General Assembly Voting Data — Ideal Point Estimates
Source: Bailey, Strezhnev & Voeten — Harvard Dataverse
Where: row “Iceland”, session 78, IndiaAgree over 87 votes
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
UN General Assembly Voting Data (v39), non-commercial licence. The share is the dataset’s own IndiaAgree column — roll-call votes on which this country and India voted the same way, as the dataset defines agreement — not our calculation. Independent of MEA.
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The relationship, in figures
People
Indian community in Icelandpersons · as stated in the brief600
Bilateral Brief — Iceland
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Culture and diaspora” section
“There are around 600 Indian nationals in Iceland.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Diplomacy
Most recent high-level visityear of the visit · as stated in the brief2026
Bilateral Brief — Iceland
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Other high-level interactions” section
“Mr. Logi Mar Einarsson, Minister of Culture, Innovation and Higher Education participated in the AI Impact Summit (19-20 February 2026) in New Delhi.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Agreements on record (13)
MEA Treaties Database- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON CULTURAL COOPERATION BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF ICELAND FOR THE YEARS 2026-30Cultural Relations and Sport18 February 2026
- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING MADE AND ENTERED INTO BY AND BETWEEN INDIAN COUNCIL FOR CULTURAL RELATIONS AND UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ICCR CHAIR OF INDIAN STUDIESCultural Relations and Sport22 January 2025
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND ICELAND ON EXEMPTION FROM VISA REQUIREMENT FOR HOLDERS OF DIPLOMATIC AND OFFICIAL PASSPORTSDiplomatic Relations10 September 2019
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND ICELAND ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES DEVELOPMENTMaritime Law10 September 2019
- CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMME BETWEEN INDIA AND ICELAND FOR THE YEARS 2019-2022Cultural Relations and Sport10 September 2019
- ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND ICELAND ON GAINFUL OCCUPATION FOR THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE MEMBERS OF A DIPLOMATIC MISSION OR CONSULAR POSTDiplomatic Relations23 November 2012
- AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND ICELANDTransport14 January 2010
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND ICELAND FOR AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION AND PREVENTION OF FISCAL EVASIONBusiness and Trade23 November 2007
- MOU ON INDO-ICELAND RENEWABLE ENERGY COOPERATIONEnvironment and Resources09 October 2007
- MOU ON SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND ICELANDEnvironment and Resources30 July 2007
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND ICELAND FOR PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF INVESTMENTSBusiness and Trade29 June 2007
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND ICELAND ON EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION RESEARCHScience and Technology05 April 2007
- CULTURAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND ICELANDCultural Relations and Sport19 October 2005
The briefing
MEA publishes a bilateral brief — 31 sections, 7,488 characters of extractable text. Sections include: India-Iceland Bilateral Relations · Total · 2022 · 20222023 · DGCIS · 30.79.
Open the briefing (PDF)Where the sources disagree
Two public sources disagree on the size of the Indian community — 24% apart
- Overseas Indians746
- Indian community in Iceland600
Both are published by the Ministry of External Affairs, with no stated methodology. Neither is averaged away or preferred — the disagreement is the honest answer.