Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson (20 July 1894 – 20 October 1980) was the first actual minister of Foreign Affairs in Iceland from 18 November 1941 to 17 January 1942.

He was chairman of the now defunct Social Democratic Party (Alþýðuflokkurinn) from 1938 to 1952.

[3] He was born in Dagverðareyri, Iceland, to Stefán Ágúst Oddsson and Ólöf Árnadóttir.

He was Social Affairs Minister in 1939 and Secretary of State in 1940–1942.

[1] Stefán died in a hospital in Reykjavík on 20 October 1980.