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Angela Merkel

is Chancellor of Germany and has been named the most powerful woman in the world for a record number of times by Forbes.

Nordic prime ministers and presidents

Vigdís Finnbogadóttir

President, Iceland 1 Aug 1980 - 1 Aug 1996

Gro Harlem Brundtland

Prime Minister, Norway 4 Feb 1981 - 14 Oct 1981; 9 May 1986 - 16 Oct 1989; 3 Nov 1990 - 25 Oct 1996.

Tarja Halonen

President, Finland 1 Mar 2000 - 1 Mar 2012

Anneli Jäätteenmäki

Prime Minister, Finland 17 April 2003 - 18 Jun 2003

Jóhanna Sigurdardóttir 

Prime Minister, Iceland 1 Feb 2009 -

Mari Kiviniemi

Prime Minister, Finland 22 Jun 2010 - 22 Jun 2011 

Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Prime Minister, Denmark 3 Oct 2011 - 

Torild Skard’s book:

Maktens kvinner 

is published by Universitetsforlaget in Norway. 

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