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Katrín Jakobsdóttir becomes Prime Minister of Iceland

On 30 November 2017 Left-Green leader Katrín Jakobsdóttir became Iceland's prime minister at the head of an unusual three-party coalition with the conservative Independence Party and the centre-right Progressive Party.

Katrín Jakobsdóttir (Wikimedia Commons portrait; person avatar reused as fact cover, land-pack1 pattern).

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On 30 November 2017 Left-Green leader Katrín Jakobsdóttir became Iceland's prime minister at the head of an unusual three-party coalition with the conservative Independence Party and the centre-right Progressive Party. The snap election had been called after a scandal over a letter recommending a convicted paedophile brought down the previous coalition.

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  • Katrín Jakobsdóttir

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  1. 1.bbc.com — sourcebbc.com · verified
  2. 2.theguardian.com — sourcetheguardian.com · verified
  3. 3.grapevine.ischecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: jakobsd+prime minister · verified
  4. 4.theguardian.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: jakobsd+prime minister · verified

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Factrail. (2026). Katrín Jakobsdóttir becomes Prime Minister of Iceland. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/jakobsdottir-becomes-iceland-pm-2017-11-30

https://factrail.ai/facts/jakobsdottir-becomes-iceland-pm-2017-11-30

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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