Kristrún Frostadóttir

Kristrún was born in Reykjavík to Frosti Fífill Jóhannsson, an ethnographer, and Steinunn Guðný H. Jónsdóttir, a doctor. She graduated from Reykjavik Junior College. She then went on to earn a bachelor's degree from the University of Iceland; a master's degree in international studies from Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs; and a master's degree in economics from Boston University. == Career ==

She 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. == Political career ==

Parliament She 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. and Eric Bowen on 17 July 2025 at the Keflavik Airport Prime Minister of Iceland (2024–present) Kristrún led her party into the 2024 snap election, securing 20.8% of the vote and 15 seats in the Althing. 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. She called for a ceasefire in Gaza during a meeting with President Trump in June 2025. == Personal life ==

Kristrún is married to Einar Bergur Ingvarsson, and they have two children born in 2019 and 2023. ==References==