Siv Friðleifsdóttir (born 10 August 1962) (

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Siv Fridleifsdottir) is an

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ic politician. Rarely used full name is Björg Siv Juhlin Friðleifsdóttir. She is half-Norwegian and she partly grew up in Norway, where she spent almost every summer next to the Oslofjord with her grandparents. She was a member of the

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(Iceland's parliament) for the

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for the

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constituency from 1995 to 2003 and represented the Southwest Iceland constituency from 2003 to 2013. She has been Chairman of the Progressive Party parliamentary group since 2007, and was Minister of Health and Social Security from 2006 to 2007, Minister for the Environment and Minister for Nordic Cooperation from 1999 to 2004.CV at Althing website
One of her notable policies was to make it illegal for

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s (and

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s) to operate in Iceland. This was made possible by parliament trying to develop feminist policies. Iceland's

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has been shut down by feminist politicians on 30 July 2010. Under Siv's law, Iceland has become the first

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an country to ban strip clubs.

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