One of five TV shows battling for Göteborg’s coveted Nordic Series Script Award, Iceland’s four-parter “Vigdís,” brings to global screens the inspiring true story of Vigdís Finnbogadóttir who made history in 1980, not only as the small Nordic nation’s first female president but also as the world’s first democratically elected female head of state.
Under the pen of producer-turned writer Ágústa M. Ólafsdóttir and Björg Magnúsdóttir (“The Minister”), the series focuses on Vigdís’ formative years from a teenager in the late 1940s, her studies in France and experience as head of the Reykjavík Theatre Company up until…
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