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Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
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Person

Vigdís Finnbogadóttir

b. 1930

Icelandic politician, 4th President of Iceland

Born
15 Apr 1930 · Reykjavík
Part ofIceland972 CE – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 110 years
  1. 15 Apr 1930BornBorn in Reykjavík
  2. 1980 – 1996RolePresident of Iceland
  3. 1981AwardOrder of the Elephant
  4. 1982AwardKnight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Saint Olav‎
  5. 1982AwardGrand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
  6. 1985AwardCollar of the Order of Charles III
  7. 1985AwardHonorary doctorate of Grenoble-III University
  8. 1987AwardKnight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
  9. 1987AwardHonorary doctorate of the Bordeaux Montaigne University
  10. 1988AwardGrand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  11. 1993AwardHonorary doctor of the University of Miami
  12. 1998AwardMårbacka Award
  13. 2000AwardHonorary doctorate at the University of Iceland
  14. 2001AwardGrand prix de la Société de géographie

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1930 – today).

  1. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  2. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  3. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  4. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  5. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1938Munich Agreement
  7. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  8. 1939 – 1945World War II
  9. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  10. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  11. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  12. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  13. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  14. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  15. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  16. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  17. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  18. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  19. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  20. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  21. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  22. 1956Suez Crisis
  23. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  24. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  25. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  26. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  27. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  28. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  29. 1968Prague Spring
  30. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  31. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  32. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  33. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  34. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  35. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  36. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  37. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  38. 1985Schengen Agreement
  39. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  40. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall

Biography

Vigdís Finnbogadóttir (Icelandic: [ˈvɪɣtis ˈfɪnpɔɣaˌtouʰtɪr̥] ; born 15 April 1930) is an Icelandic stateswoman and theatre director who served as the president of Iceland, from 1980 to 1996, the first woman to hold the position and the first in the world to be democratically elected president of a country. Having served for 16 years, she was also the longest-serving elected female head of state in history. Vigdís is a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador and a member of the Club of Madrid.

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