Ásthildur Lóa Þórsdóttir

Ásthildur Lóa Þórsdóttir
Official portrait, 2025
Minister of Education and Children's Affairs
In office
21 December 2024  20 March 2025
Prime MinisterKristrún Frostadóttir
Preceded byÁsmundur Einar Daðason
Succeeded byGuðmundur Ingi Kristinsson
Member of the Althing
Assumed office
25 September 2021
ConstituencySouth
Acting Speaker of the Althing
In office
30 November 2024  5 February 2025
Preceded byBirgir Ármannsson
Succeeded byÞórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir
Personal details
Born (1966-11-20) 20 November 1966
Reykjavík, Iceland
Political partyPeople's Party
SpouseHafþór Ólafsson
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Iceland
Iceland College of Education

Ásthildur Lóa Þórsdóttir (born 20 November 1966) is an Icelandic politician. She served as minister of education and children's affairs for four months until she resigned due to a scandal involving a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old boy when she was in her early 20s. She has been a member of the Althing since 2021 for the People's Party of Iceland.