Kristrún Frostadóttir

Kristrún Mjöll Frostadóttir (born 12 May 1988) is an Icelandic politician and economist who is the current leader of the Social Democratic Alliance. She was elected to the Althing in the 2021 parliamentary election.

Early life and education

Kristrún 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 University, and from Boston University a master's degree in economics. ^[1]

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. ^[2]

Political career

In the 2021 parliamentary election, she was elected into the Icelandic parliament for the Social Democratic Alliance.

She sought the leadership of the Social Democratic Alliance in 2022, and was uncontested.^[3]

Personal life

Kristrún is married to Einar B. Ingvarsson, and they have two children born in 2019 and 2023.^[4]

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