The new parliament in Iceland will be composed for the majority of women, the first case in Europe, according to the results of the legislative elections on Saturday.

Of the 63 seats in the national assembly, 33 will be occupied by women, or 52.3%.

According to data from the World Bank, no other state on the Old Continent has ever exceeded or reached 50% of the female presence in Parliament before.

Until now, the record in this area has been Sweden, with 47% of women elected.

Reykjavik has never imposed so-called "pink quotas", although some parties require that a minimum number of candidates be represented by women.

Iceland was the first country to elect a woman as president in 1980 (Vigdís Finnbogadóttir) and since 2018 has adopted an equal pay law that requires employers to prove that they are paying the same wage to male and female workers.

The country has also been at the top of the World Economic Forum's ranking of the most egalitarian countries for 12 years.

(Unioneonline / F)