- On January 26, 1990 Vigdís Finnbogadóttir was awarded the International Leadership Living Legacy Award by the Women’s International Center.
- The article below takes a chronological look at the life of Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, the world’s first democratically-elected female head of state
- Biography: In 1980 Vigdís Finnbogadóttir became the first woman in the world to be elected as head of state in Iceland.
- Vigdís Finnbogadóttir. There‘s one thing that hasn‘t been mentioned yet. And that is Iceland was the first country to democratically elect a female head of state.
- Vigdís Finnbogadóttir. 1980-1996. The fourth President of the Republic, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, was born on 15 April 1930.
- Vigdís Finnbogadóttir was born in Reykjavík on April 15, 1930. Her father was a civil engineer, as well as a professor at the University of Iceland.
- President of Iceland from 1980 to 1996, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir was the first democratically, directly elected, female president.
- Elected as President of Iceland in 1980, and re-elected in 1984 and 1988, Vigdis Finnbogadottir, heads the magnificent land in the north.
- Vigdís Finnbogadóttir [ˈvɪɣtis ˈfɪn.pɔɣaˌtoʊhtɪr] (born 15 April 1930) served as the fourth President of Iceland from 1 August 1980 to 1996.