Viking Magazine - June 2022 - 25

" I
ICELAND'S FIRST LADY,
ELIZA REID,
IS LEADING THE CHARGE
IN GENDER EQUALITY.
absolutely appreciate how privileged I am
by saying this, " begins Eliza Reid, author,
entrepreneur and somewhat accidental political
fi gure. " But there aren't so many First ady' things to do
when there's a pandemic going on. "
This is both her innate self-deprecating Canadian-ness
combined with two decades of absorbed Icelandic typical
modesty, as she addresses the major accomplishment:
writing a best-selling fi rst book and launching it in multiple
countries during restrictions and shutdowns.
Perhaps by now you've heard of Reid aybe you've read
her 2 p ĀEd piece in the New York Times that went viral
" I'm a First ady, and it's an Incredibly Weird Job "  r,
have been one of the thousands who have watched her TE Ā
Talk " Pulling Back the Curtain " on her life as Iceland's First
ady
Currently, she's launching " Secrets of the Sprakkar:
Iceland's Extraordinary Women and How They Are
Changing the World " in the U.S., Canada, the U.., Āand
Iceland, with other translations in the works. lowing
reviews in the New York Times, Washington Post, Globe
& Mail and Toronto Star, to name just a few of the media
outlets recommending this memoir and collection of
profi les of several fascinating Icelandic women, have helped
propel it to best-seller lists.
The ongoing pandemic notwithstanding, Reid is now
busier than ever. And that's saying something.
A CANADIAN IN ICELAND
Reid grew up on a hobby farm outside of ttawa, ntario,
and at 27 years old, went off to the U.. Āto pursue her
asters Ā in odern Ā History at xford ĀUniversity. There she
met a tall and reservedexcept Ā for well-placed dry Nordic
witstarting Ā his History doctorate. Five years later, they
moved to Iceland so that uni Thorlacius Jóhannesson
could be closer to his daughter.
Immersing herself into this new and exotic landscape,
she learned Icelandic. She drank copious amounts of
strong coff ee. She joined the Hallgrímskirkja otet Ā Choir.
Professionally, Reid worked as a consultant, event planner,
and freelance journalist for The Reykjavík Grapevine (a
popular English language print and online magazine),
and Iceland Review (the country's oldest English language
magazine). Then, in 22, she became editor of Stopover,
coordinating and overseeing issues of Icelandair's infl ight
magazine.
In 2, Reid and friend Erica Jacobs reen, Ālaunched
their passion project: the Iceland Writers Retreat. It
attracted 2 Āparticipants who arrived in Reykjavík to learn
from notable names such as New Yorker staff writer and
author of " The rchid ĀThief " Susan rlean Āand Pulitzer
@sonsofnorway
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