Sverrir Haukur Gunnlaugsson (born 20 October 1942 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is an Icelandic lawyer and diplomat, who served as Permanent Secretary of State at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs 1999-2002 and as Ambassador i.a.

[1] During his tenure as Ambassador he also served as Permanent Representative to the OECD, UNESCO, FAO and the Council of Europe.

His side accreditations as Ambassador included Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, the Netherlands, Ireland, Malta,[2][3] Andorra, India, Egypt, Nigeria, Lebanon and Jordan.

He was appointed for four years 2010 to 2013 as College Member and Vice-President of the EFTA Surveillance Authority in Brussels following his retirement from the foreign service.

Since 1999, Sverrir is an examiner of International law and guest lecturer on the EEA Agreement at the University of Iceland.