Facts About Iceland That Make It Unlike Any Other Country

The World's First Female President

Iceland's fourth President and first democratically elected female President was Vigdís Finnbogadóttir. She was the world's first female president!

 

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This happened during the 1980 presidential campaign when she ran against three male candidates and won 33.6% of the votes. She was very popular and after four years in office, she was elected again and again in 1988 with 94.6% of the votes!

Iceland's Postal Service Goes Above and Beyond

Because of Iceland's striking landscape and sparse population, the Postal service really has its work cut out for them.

 

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As we can imagine, they must get mail like this all the time, with a hand-drawn map.