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We can say Finnbogadottir is the first woman president in Iceland, then to state her gender isn't always necessary. You can write "Ms. Finnbogadottir is the first Icelandic president to be female/or a woman"...as long you don't go into too much detail on her gender (some readers may take offense). I want to show respect to her integrity and ambition in the presidency, but Iceland isn't the only country to elected a woman to presidency or as prime minister. I believe 45 other countries have, and the U.S. may have one in the future, either Hillary Rodham Clinton (she may assisted Bill Clinton's presidency) or Condoleeza Rice, the current US state secretary. The article surely state Ms. Finnbogadottir was a leftist/center-left politican. However, Iceland isn't in whole a "liberalsocialist" country (this is POV if someone, most likely an American wrote it, since the majority of US politics is "conservative"). Not well written in the article, but what political observers acknowledged, Ms. Finnbogadottir as president has focused much on pacifist, child care, social welfare and environmental issues, something Iceland is well used to. Today, Iceland appeared to lean left in political spectrum, the current trend in Icelandic and European politics is the center-right (or what Americans referred to as "conservative" or non-socialist left/moderate right) gained more popularity by electoral votes than in recent years. -- G. Sageha —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 63.3.14.129 (talk • contribs).
Finnbogadóttir
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Just wondering, but is it appropriate to call her "Finnbogadóttir" in the article? I know that in encyclopaedias, people are generally referred to by their last names, but from what I know about Icelandic naming conventions, "Finnbogadóttir" is not her name (that would be Vigdís); in fact, it's not really a name at all, but rather a description of what she is (daughter of Finnbogi). It probably doesn't make a huge difference, given that most (native) English speakers probably wouldn't even realise, but others might find it irritating. -- Schneelocke16:20, 12 April 2007 (UTC)Reply
Yes, we normally use the name, not the patronym (hence, Vigdís). This is how it's done with the other Wikipedia articles on Icelandic presidents so thank you for changing this one to that system too. Haukur16:34, 12 April 2007 (UTC)Reply
