She is half-Norwegian, having partly grown up in Norway, where she spent almost every summer next to the Oslofjord with her grandparents.

[3] She was a member of the Althing (Iceland's parliament) for the Progressive Party for the Reykjanes constituency from 1995 to 2003 and represented the Southwest Iceland constituency from 2003 to 2013.

[4] One of her notable policies was to make it illegal for strip clubs (and strippers) to operate in Iceland.

[5][6] Iceland's sex industry was shut down by feminist politicians on 30 July 2010.

[5][6] Under Siv's law, Iceland became the first European country to ban strip clubs.