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Foreign Office: Consulate and Legation, Reykjavik, Iceland: General Correspondence...
Catalogue reference: FO 321
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FO 321
This series contains general correspondence and miscellanea from the British legation and consulate in Iceland. Comprises a purchasing agreement and miscellaneous correspondence, 1916 to 1919; papers relating to the occupation of Iceland in 1940;...
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- FO 321
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office: Consulate and Legation, Reykjavik, Iceland: General Correspondence and Miscellanea
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1916-1943
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains general correspondence and miscellanea from the British legation and consulate in Iceland. Comprises a purchasing agreement and miscellaneous correspondence, 1916 to 1919; papers relating to the occupation of Iceland in 1940; and a file dealing with shipping arrests, etc., 1943.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Foreign Office, Consulate, Reykjavik, Iceland, 1940-1968
- Foreign Office, Legation, Iceland, 1940-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 6 file(s)
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- Topics
- International
- Europe and Russia
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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After 1918 Iceland, although an independent kingdom, continued to have the same sovereign as Denmark and diplomatic relations continued to be conducted through Copenhagen until 1940. Then following the German invasion of Denmark and the British occupation of Iceland, a legation was established at Reykjavik. Iceland became fully independent in 1944.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7635/
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