Halla Tómasdóttir, the second woman to be Iceland’s head of state, says her inauguration was ‘truly magical’
Halla Tómasdóttir was just 11 years old when Vigdís Finnbogadóttir became Iceland’s head of state – and in the process the world’s first democratically elected female president.
Having previously run for president, narrowly missing out to her predecessor Guðni Jóhannesson, who stood down after eight years in office, she said her inauguration on Thursday was “truly magical”. However, she is joining a shrinking number of female leaders across the Nordics, which until recently was run by multiple women. Katrín, who stood down as Iceland’s prime minister to run for president, was replaced by a man, while Sweden and Finland recently replaced the former prime ministers Magdalena Andersson and Sanna Marin with men.
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