Stefán Jón Hafstein (born February 18, 1955) is an author and independent consultant in various capacities (2025) He was an employee of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Iceland, formerly ambassador to the UN Rome based agencies, FAO, WFP and IFAD (2018-2021).
He worked for the independent TV station St0d 2 and produced and directed as well as hosting a string of influential current affairs programmes.
Stefán was elected City Councillor in Reykjavik for the Reykjavíkurlistinn 2002, and the Social Democrats in 2005 but he received a leave of absence in the city council at the beginning of 2007 for two years to work as a project manager at the Development agency of Iceland (ICEIDA) in Namibia.
Upon graduation Stefán returned home to Iceland and worked as a journalist and programmer at RÚV 1979–1982.
Upon graduating, he worked for a time as an envoy for the Red Cross in Geneva and Ethiopia and held positions of responsibility in that capacity elsewhere.
He served as program director of Rás 2 (National Broadcasting Service) and as a programmer for Icelandic television and radio.