--- title: Kristrun Frostadottir: TIME100 Next 2025 description: Find out how Kristrun Frostadottir is shaping the future and defining the next generation of leadership. canonical: https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2025/7318828/kristrun-frostadottir/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2025-09-30T10:54:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-03T00:55:06.285Z article:section: World og:title: Kristrun Frostadottir Is on the 2025 TIME100 Next og:description: Find out why Kristrun Frostadottir is on this year’s list og:url: https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2025/7318828/kristrun-frostadottir/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfeed0a7bd3159835/6998ca08c8dcb451ceb50803/t100-next-2025-KRISTUN-FROSTADOTTIR.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Kristrun Frostadottir Is on the 2025 TIME100 Next og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Kristrun Frostadottir Is on the 2025 TIME100 Next twitter:description: Find out why Kristrun Frostadottir is on this year’s list twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfeed0a7bd3159835/6998ca08c8dcb451ceb50803/t100-next-2025-KRISTUN-FROSTADOTTIR.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Sep 30, 2025 # Kristrun Frostadottir by Mette Frederiksen  Sigga Ella—Guardian/eyevine/redux With bold ideas, an eye for pragmatic solutions, and the kind of economic brain that makes even finance ministries nervous—whether she’s planning for reform of the fishery (a brave sentence in any Nordic language) or for a sustainable society with economic growth—Kristrun Frostadottir is focused and unusually willing to challenge old truths. Kristrun entered the Prime Minister’s office this past December to move Iceland forward, not just manage it. With experience ranging from Wall Street to Reykjavik, she made her entry into politics with a clear mission: to combine social justice with economic realism. To govern through aspiration, not fear. In my talks with Kristrun I have come to know her as serious, open, and constructive, including when we do not fully agree. But we certainly agree on this: Iceland must stand strong—in the Nordic realm, in NATO, and in the Arctic. _Frederiksen is the Prime Minister of Denmark_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2025/7318828/kristrun-frostadottir/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2025/7318828/kristrun-frostadottir/"},"headline":"Kristrun Frostadottir","datePublished":"2025-09-30T10:54:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:55:06.285Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2025/7318828/kristrun-frostadottir/","keywords":["TIME100 Next","sponsorshipblock","t100nextleaders25"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfeed0a7bd3159835/6998ca08c8dcb451ceb50803/t100-next-2025-KRISTUN-FROSTADOTTIR.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfeed0a7bd3159835/6998ca08c8dcb451ceb50803/t100-next-2025-KRISTUN-FROSTADOTTIR.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time100-next/","name":"TIME100 Next"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2025/7318828/kristrun-frostadottir/","name":"Kristrun Frostadottir"}}]}] ```