Iceland's female prime minister, Katrín Jakobsdóttir, was elected in 2017. Jakobsdóttir, 45, is a member of Left Green Party, which lost several seats in the election but kept eight.

Iceland nearly elected its first female majority parliament after an election where the country’s center-right party won the most seats. According to an initial vote count on Sunday, female ...

Iceland fell short of a historic achievement after a recount prevented the country from electing Europe’s first female-majority parliament. Initial results indicated that Iceland would achieve ...

Iceland briefly celebrated electing a female-majority parliament Sunday, before a recount produced a result just short of that landmark for gender parity in the North Atlantic island nation.

Iceland looked to have elected a woman-majority parliament but a recount of votes on Sunday showed there will still be more men than women in the chamber, state broadcaster RUV reported.

Iceland has elected a female-majority ... Results tallied Sunday show that female candidates have won held 33 seats in Iceland's 63-seat parliament, ... but stops short on other House priorities.