Sanna Magdalena Mörtudóttir (born 3 May 1992) is an Icelandic politician. She is the leader of the Icelandic Socialist Party and has been a municipal representative on

Reykjavík City Council The Reykjavík City Council ( Icelandic: ''Borgarstjórn Reykjavíkur'') is the local council for Reykjavík, the capital and largest city of Iceland. It is composed of 23 members elected by proportional representation for a 4-year term The Cou ...

since

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. At the age of 26, she became the youngest city councillor in the history of Reykjavík. In 2024, she was elected leader of the Icelandic Socialist Party and lead the party's list in the Reykjavík South constituency in the

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Early life

Sanna was born in

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. Her mother is Icelandic and her father is Tanzanian. Her parents met in England and Sanna grew up in

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for her early years. When she was seven years old, she moved with her mother to Reykjavík, where she grew up. In her political campaigning she revealed that she experienced poverty in her childhood. Sanna has an MA in

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from the

University of Iceland The University of Iceland ( ) is a public research university in Reykjavík, Iceland, and the country's oldest and largest institution of higher education. Founded in 1911, it has grown steadily from a small civil servants' school to a modern co ...

Career

At 26 years old, Sanna was elected to

Reykjavík city council The Reykjavík City Council ( Icelandic: ''Borgarstjórn Reykjavíkur'') is the local council for Reykjavík, the capital and largest city of Iceland. It is composed of 23 members elected by proportional representation for a 4-year term The Cou ...

as leader of the Socialist Party in the country's local elections in 2018. She broke the record as the youngest city representative in the history of Reykjavík. In politics, she has focused on issues related to equality and welfare. In February 2025, Sanna was elected City Council President. She was not elected on the first round and needed another round to achieve a majority. She also serves as chair of the welfare council.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mörtudóttir, Sanna Magdalena 1992 births Living people Politicians from Reykjavík University of Iceland alumni Icelandic anthropologists 21st-century Icelandic politicians 21st-century Icelandic women politicians Leaders of political parties in Iceland Icelandic socialists Icelandic people of Tanzanian descent