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Iceland

Parliament

Political system: Parliamentary system
Structure of parliament: Unicameral
IPU membership: Yes

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Historical data on women

Data on women’s right to vote and to stand for election, the date at which the first woman entered parliament, and female Heads of State or Government

Women's suffrage

Notes: No information available
Year of first woman in parliament: 1922

Notes: 1922: total seats according to Wikipedia
Year of first woman speaker: 1974

Women’s right to vote

Women’s right to vote: 1882
National or local: Local
Restricted or universal suffrage: Restricted
Detail of restrictions: In 1882, the King approved a change in voting qualifications such that widows and other unmarried women who headed farming households, or who in some other way were independent householders were given the right to vote and stand for elections in local ele

Women’s right to vote: 1908
National or local: Local
Restricted or universal suffrage: Universal

Women’s right to vote: 1915
National or local: National
Restricted or universal suffrage: Restricted
Detail of restrictions: Right to vote was limited to those women who were over 40 and did not owe repayable poor relief.

Women’s right to vote: 1920
National or local: National
Restricted or universal suffrage: Universal

Notes: Minimum age of 25

Women’s right to stand for election

Women's right to stand for election: 1915
National or local: National
Restricted or universal: Restricted
Detail of restrictions: Right to stand for election was limited to those women who were over 40 and did not own any repayable poor relief.

Women's right to stand for election: 1920
National or local: National
Restricted or universal: Universal

Notes: Minimum age of 25