Experience

With decades of combined experience, the Iceland Luxury Tours staff has what it takes to meet—and exceed—every guest’s expectations. Experience is the cornerstone of our success.

Local Staff

For optimal experience and safety, nothing compares to true local knowledge and expertise. Iceland Luxury Tours was founded and continues to be operated exclusively by Icelanders.

Vision

The vision of Iceland Luxury Tours is simple: to meet your expectations and surpass them. You can rely on our expertise to make your journey in Iceland exceptional.

Key Staff

Founder – Owner – CEO

Sveinn Sigurður Kjartansson

Sveinn is the founder, owner and CEO of Iceland Luxury Tours. He and his wife Stella started the company in 2009, inspired by their deep love for Icelandic nature and culture. Sveinn holds a degree in computer science from the University of Iceland and grew up in his father’s grocery store, where he learned the foundations of customer service.

Sveinn is naturally detail-oriented and strives for perfection in both his personal and professional life. He is an avid traveller, and his favourite place in the world is the Icelandic highlands. There he enjoys exploring new routes or revisiting remote areas far from the city’s bustle—though he enjoys Reykjavík as well, in a very different way. He is also passionate about international travel and has explored destinations around the globe.

Music plays a significant role in his life; he plays piano and guitar, writes his own music, and rarely travels without a guitar. He also loves swimming, skiing with family and friends, ice climbing, and other outdoor adventures.

Often, he would happily stay in the mountains indefinitely, but the vibrant office life calls him back—and fortunately, he has a strong team of experts who share his passion for Icelandic nature, culture, and history.

Operations Manager

Stefán Bjarnason

Stefán is responsible for tour operations, managing our fleet of jeeps and our team of driver-guides. He began his guiding career 35 years ago as a wild salmon fishing guide in West Iceland and has remained an avid outdoorsman ever since.

With a strong background in the Icelandic Association for Search and Rescue, Stefán has travelled extensively across Iceland. He has a deep passion for hiking and outdoor activities, including skiing, ski-touring and exploration.

Stefán first joined Iceland Luxury Tours as a guide before taking on the role of Operations Manager, where his expertise and field experience ensure smooth, safe and memorable tours for our guests.

Ívar F. Finnbogason

Ívar is likely to be your first point of contact with our office. He handles most of our email inquiries and custom tour planning. But he is far from the average salesperson. With almost 30 years of experience in tourism, he is also one of Iceland’s most accomplished ice climbers, with multiple first ascents—many of which remain unrepeated.

Ívar’s guiding career has taken him around the world. Highlights include Mt. Vinson in Antarctica, Mt. Gunnbjörn—the highest peak in Greenland and the Arctic—more than 80 ascents of Iceland’s highest summit, Hvannadalshnúkur (including a speed record that stood for 20 years), as well as successful climbs of Elbrus in Russia, Mont Blanc, and more.

In addition to his role at Iceland Luxury Tours and guiding the occasional private tour, Ívar works as an instructor in a two-year mountaineering program. He also serves on the technical committee of the Association of Icelandic Mountain Guides and is one of their lead instructors in both glacier and mountain guiding. He has extensive experience in ski touring and ski mountaineering in addition to his deep expertise in mountain and glacier guiding. As well as speaking English and of course Icelandic Ívar is fluent in German.