- Halla Tomasdottir, a businesswoman and investor, has won Iceland's presidential election.
- She received 34.3% of the vote and defeated former Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir.
- She will replace President Gudni Th. Johannsson, who did not run for re-election after serving two four-year terms.
- Iceland is a Nordic island nation located in the North Atlantic, with a population of 384,000.
- Vigdís Finnbogadóttir was the first elected female president of Iceland.
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