Women form the majority of the cabinet, with six mini­ster­ial positions out of eleven. And of the six parties repres­ented in Alþingi, Iceland’s Parli­ament, four of them are led by women, including the three govern­ment coalition parties. For the first time ever, the chairman of the Independence Party is a woman. Only two male chairmen of political parties repres­ented in Alþingi remain.

At the city level, the same picture emerges. There, women are the leaders of all five parties that form the majority. And in fact, of all parties repres­ented in Reykja­vík city council except the Progressive Party.

In this light, it is not sur­pris­ing that the mayor, the chair of the city executive council and the pres­ident of the city council are women. This also app­lies to the chairmen of the Welfare Council, the Environ­ment and Planning Council, the School and Recreation Council, the Human Rights Council, the Procurement …