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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Miranda Bryant Nordic correspondent

‘It’s in our DNA’: Iceland’s president on the quest for gender equality

Halla Tómasdóttir
Halla Tómasdóttir says Iceland has sent a ‘strong democratic message’ with high turnout among young voters. Photograph: Halldor Kolbeins/AFP/Getty Images

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.

This, she said, “planted a seed” that would influence her career as an entrepreneur and her view on female leadership, ultimately leading her to follow in Vigdís’s footsteps to become the second woman in the role.

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