Iceland’s child minister Ásthildur Lóa Thórsdóttir resigned from her post soon after admitting to having a child when she was 23 with a 16-year-old, who was later made to pay child support for 18 years.
The startling revelation came Thursday when Icelandic news outlet RUV exposed a decades-old relationship, leading Thórsdóttir, 58, to confess. She admitted that in the late 1980s, at 22, while working as a counselor in a church group, she became involved with a teenage member, Eirík Ásmundsson.
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This is not what they meant in the job description when they said “someone who loves kids.”
Ásthildur Lóa Thórsdóttir admitted to having a child with a 16-year-old when… pic.twitter.com/Q9hBK2a8sd
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) March 21, 2025
This is not what they meant in the job description when they said “someone who loves kids.”
Ásthildur Lóa Thórsdóttir admitted to having a child with a 16-year-old when she was 23 & even made him pay child support for 18 years.
The age of consent in Iceland is 15 however it’s illegal for a teacher to have s*x with someone under 18.
Thórsdóttir only served for 89 days as the minister for children.
Ásthildur Lóa Thórsdóttir resigned after admitting to having a child at 23 with the 16-year-old, Eirík Ásmundsson, leading to backlash and a meeting with the PM.
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