Kristrún Mjöll Frostadóttir (born 12 May 1988) is an Icelandic politician and economist who has served as the prime minister of Iceland since December 2024, and is the current leader of the Social Democratic Alliance. She was elected to the Althing in the 2021 parliamentary election.
Kristrún Frostadóttir | |
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 Official portrait, 2021 | |
| Prime Minister of Iceland | |
| Assumed office 21 December 2024 | |
| President | Halla Tómasdóttir |
| Preceded by | Bjarni Benediktsson |
| Leader of the Social Democratic Alliance | |
| Assumed office 28 October 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Logi Már Einarsson |
| Member of the Althing | |
| Assumed office 25 September 2021 | |
| Constituency | Reykjavík South (2021–2024) Reykjavík North (2024–) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 May 1988 Reykjavík, Iceland |
| Political party | Social Democratic Alliance |
| Spouse | Einar B. Ingvarsson |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | |
Early life and education
editKristrún was born in Reykjavík, and her parents are Frosti Fífill Jóhannsson, an ethnographer, and Steinunn Guðný H. Jónsdóttir, a doctor. She graduated from Reykjavik Junior College, got a bachelor's degree from the University of Iceland, a master's degree in international studies from Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs (formerly the Yale University Jackson Institute for Global Affairs), and from Boston University a master's degree in economics.[1]
Career
editShe has worked as a journalist for the business newspaper Viðskiptablaðið and has been an employee in the analysis department of Arion Bank. She was a specialist for Morgan Stanley, first in New York and later in London. She served as the main economist for the Icelandic Chamber of Commerce in 2017, and in 2018, she became the main economist for the Kvika bank. She served until 2021, when she applied to be on the Social Democratic Alliance list in the Reykjavík South constituency. [2]
Political career
editParliament
editShe was elected as a member of the Althing for the Reykjavík South constituency at the 2021 parliamentary election. At the 2024 snap election, she was elected to represent the Reykjavík North constituency.[1]
Prior to becoming prime minister, she sat on the Budget Committee between 2021 and 2024, with a brief stint on the Economic Affairs and Trade Committee in 2023.[1]
Party leadership
editShe announced her candidacy for the party leadership in August 2022 and was later elected at the party congress in October unopposed with 94% of the vote.[3][4]
Prime Minister of Iceland (2024–present)
editKristrún led her party into the 2024 snap election, securing 20.8% of the vote and 15 seats in the Althing.[5] She held coalition negotiations with the Viðreisn and People's Party which began on 4 December and concluded seventeen days later, when she was appointed prime minister along with her cabinet.[6][7]
Personal life
editKristrún is married to Einar B. Ingvarsson, and they have two children born in 2019 and 2023.[8]
References
edit- ^ a b c Kristrún Frostadóttir - Æviágrip
- ^ Kristrún Frostadóttir sækist eftir sæti hjá Samfylkingunni
- ^ Sigurðsson, Bjarki (2022-08-19). "„Ég veit að það er hægt að stjórna landinu betur" - Vísir". visir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2024-12-22.
- ^ Júliússon, Þórður Snær (28 October 2022). "Kristrún Frostadóttir orðin formaður Samfylkingarinnar" (in Icelandic). Kjarninn. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
- ^ "Iceland: Opposition Social Democrats win election". Deutsche Welle. 1 December 2024. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
- ^ "From Iceland — Kristrún Frostadóttir Begins Formal Government Formation". The Reykjavik Grapevine. 2024-12-04. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
- ^ Iceland Monitor. "These are the ministers of the government". Iceland Monitor.is. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
- ^ Kristrún Frostadóttir eignaðist aðra dóttur