Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership
Nordic Council

Established 1958 as a cooperation-forum between Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. The self-governing territories of Greenland, The Faeroe Islands and the Åland Islands are observers in the Council.

circa 1972 Member of the Presidium Sylvia Cecilia Siltanen (Finland)

1975-76 President Ragnhilður Helgadóttir (Iceland)

1978 Member of the Presidium Natalie Lind (Denmark)

1981-82 Member of the Presidium Elsi Hetemäki-Olander (Finland)
1982-83 President
1983-87 Member of the Presidium
1987-88 President
1988-91 Member of the Presidium

1984-85 President Karin Söder (Sweden)
1985-88 Member of the Presidium
1988-89 President
1989-90 Member of the Presidium

1986-89 Member of the Presidium Margrethe Gunnarsdatter Auken (Denmark)

1988-91 Member of the Presidium Grethe Lundblad (Sweden)

1989-circa 91 Member of the Presidium Thea Knutzen (Norway)

1989-93 Member of the Presidium Lilly Gyldenkilde (Denmark)

1990-93 Member of the Presidium Kirsti Kolle Grøndahl (Norway)

1991-93 Member of the Presidium Tora Aasland Haug (Norway)

1994-97 Member of the Presidium Berit Brørby Larsen (Norway)
1997 President
1998-2006 Member of the Presidium
2007 Deputy President
2008-12 Member of the Presidium
From 2005 President of the Norweigan Odelsting.

1994-2001 Member of the Presidium Dorthe Bennedsen (Denmark)
Nominated for the post of President for the period 2000/2001, but the right-wing majority elected a Danish man. Denmark nominated a man as both President and  Vice-President for the year 2006.

1996-98 Member of the Presidium Kjellbjørg Lunde (Norway)

1996-99 Member of the Presidium Valgreður Sverrisdóttir (Iceland)

1997-2000, 2001-05 and 2006-15 Member of the Presidium Ranneveig Guðmondsdóttir (Iceland)
2005 President

1998-2000 Member of the Presidium Sigriður Anna þorðardóttir (Iceland)
2000 President
2000-01 and 2003-05 Member of the Presidium

1999 President Gun Hellsvik (Sweden)
1999-2001 Member of the Presidium

1999-2003 Member of the Presidium Riita Prusti (Finland)

1999-2003 Member of the Presidium Anita Johansson (Sweden)
2004 Deputy President
2005-06 Member of the Presidium

1999-2001 Member of the Presidium Outi Ojala (Finland)
2002 President
2003-07 Member of the Presidium

2001-05 Member of the Presidium Ragnwi Marcelind (Sweden)
State Secretary of Health and Social Services from 2006.

2001-03 Member of the Presidium Chris Heister (Sweden)

2003-06 Member of the Presidium Arja Alho (Finland)

2003-05 Member of the Presidium Jónína Bjártmarz (Iceland)
2005 Deputy President
2006 Member of the Presidium

2006-07 Member of the Presidium Tarja Cronberg (Finland)

2006-11 Member of the Presidium Sinikka Bohlin (Sweden)
2009 President

2008 Deputy President Christina Gestrin (Finland)
2009-13 Member of the Presidium

2007 and 2009-11 Member of the Presidium Marion Pedersen (Denmark)
2011 Deputy President

2010 Deputy President Ragnheiður Ríkharðsdóttir (Iceland)

2011 Member of the Presidium Maja Panduro (Denmark)
2011 Deputy President

2011-13 Member of the Presidium Álfheiður Ingadóttir (Iceland)
Deputy Speaker of Althingi 2009 and 2010..13

2011-13 Member of the Presidium Cristina Husmark Pehrsson (Sweden)
Minister of Social Insurance and Nordic Cooperation 2006-10

2011-13 Member of the Presidium Maarit Feldt-Ranta (Finland)

2011-15 Member of the Presidium Rigmor Andersen Eide (Norway)

2011-15 Member of the Presidium Åsa Torstensson (Sweden)

2012 Deputy President Silvia Modig (Finland)

2012-15 Member of the Presidium Karin Gaarsted (Denmark)

2014 President of the Nordic Council Karin Åström (Sweden)
Social Democratic MP since 2004. (b. 1953-).

2015- Member of the Presidium Marit Nybakk (Norway)

2015- Member of the Presidium Phia Andersson (Sweden

2015 Deputy President Ólína Kjerúlf Þorvarðardóttir (Iceland)

2017- President Britt Lundberg (Finland)
Speaker of the Parliament of the External Territory of Åland 2011-15 and Deputy Speaker from 2015