EFTA Member Countries

EFTA member countries Map shows a world map, where the members of EFTA have been shown using purple color. EFTA stands for European Free Trade Association (EFTA).


The Association was established on May 3, 1960 as an alternative for European states that did not join the European Union. It was established by Austria, Denmark, Great Britain, Norway, Portugal, Sweden and Switzerland. The EFTA Convention was signed on January 4, 1960 in Stockholm by seven states. The current members of EFTA are Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland. EFTA began with goals of establishing free trade among members and to seek a broader economic union with the rest of Western Europe.

EFTA comprises of institutions such as the Secretariat, the EFTA Council, the EFTA Surveillance Authority and the EFTA Court. The headquarters of the EFTA Secretariat are in Geneva, Switzerland.



Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway signed an Agreement on the European Economic area (EEA) in 1992. In entered into force in 1994. The headquarters of the EFTA Surveillance Authority are in Brussels, Belgium. The EFTA Court has its headquarters in Luxembourg. The EFTA Surveillance Authority's function is to regulate the European Commission's role as "guardian of the treaties" for the EFTA countries.

EFTA Member Countries

State	Official name	Capital	Accession	Population	Area (km²)	GDP in millions (PPP)
Iceland	Republic of Iceland	Reykjavík	1 January 1970	320000	103000	11837
Liechtenstein	Principality of Liechtenstein	Vaduz	1 January 1991	34247	160.4	4160
Norway	Kingdom of Norway	Oslo	3 May 1960	4721600	385155	255505
Switzerland	Swiss Confederation*	Bern	3 May 1960	7591400	41285	325305

EFTA General Secretaries

Years Period	Secretaries Name	Nationality
Since 2012	Kristinn F. Arnason	Iceland
2006-2012	Kare Bryn	Norway
2000–2006	William Rossier	Switzerland
1994–2000	Kjartan Jóhannsson	Iceland
1988–1994	Georg Reisch	Austria
1981–1988	Per Kleppe	Norway
1976–1981	Charles Müller	Switzerland
1972–1975	Bengt Rabaeus	Sweden
1965–1972	Sir John Coulson	United Kingdom
1960–1965	Frank E. Figgures	United Kingdom

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