Sunna Símonardóttir
Biographic Data
| ID | 323772 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sunna Símonardóttir |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sunna |
| FAMILY NAME | Símonardóttir |
| SIGNATURE | SÍMONARDÓTTIR S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Iceland |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3049-3016 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 58 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Parenthood in the Nordic Countries: Imaginaries, Politics and Practices
Now We Just Have to Take a Step Back”: Media Portrayal of Cash‐For‐Childcare Benefits in Iceland
The Icelandic preschool system provides education and childcare services for children, thereby enabling Icelandic women to participate extensively in the labor market. This participation is a key factor in maintaining the country’s longstanding position as the most gender‐equal nation in the world. However, in recent years Iceland’s preschool system has faced significant strain due to a shortage of childcare options for children aged 12 months to…
The 2021 Baby Boom in Iceland: Exploring the Role of a Parental Leave Reform and the Covid-19 Pandemic
Excluding the Involved Father: Having a Child During the Covid Pandemic in Iceland
Iceland has prioritized the importance of active fatherhood through the implementation of public policies that encourage men to be actively involved in caregiving.However, during the COVID-19 pandemic, fathers in Iceland were excluded from various aspects of maternity care as a measure to reduce the spread of the virus.In order to explore how parents experienced these strict COVID-19 restrictions, which prevented fathers from being present at com…
Unless I could be like the typical dad: Exploring parenthood through the perspective of the voluntarily childfree
Fertility rates have significantly declined in advanced, industrialized nations. The factors contributing to these swift demographic changes are diverse, but it is evident that women are opting for fewer children, delaying childbirth, and a growing number of individuals are choosing not to have children. Most studies on voluntary childlessness depict it as a growing phenomenon in Western societies and predict that the voluntary childless populati…
We at least say we are equal: Gender equality and class in healthcare professionals' discursive framing of migrant mothers
The “good” epidural: Women’s use of epidurals in relation to dominant discourses on “natural” birth
Childbirth is widely recognized to be among the most painful of experiences, and the most common and effective pain relief for birthing women is known to be the use of epidural analgesia. The increase in the use of epidural analgesia for birthing women has been described by some critics as a by-product of the medicalized model of birth, although there remains a notable dearth of research regarding women’s experiences of epidurals. The present pap…
Mothering and Gender Equality in Iceland: Irreconcilable Opposites
Iceland enjoys a reputation as one of the most gender equal countries in the world. It has also received much attention for an innovative approach to parental leave where fathers have three months of non-transferable leave, thereby encouraging active involvement of fathers in the caretaking of their children. This article focuses on the discrepancy between on the one hand the goals of the state of drawing men, particularly fathers, into tradition…
When breast is not best: Opposing dominant discourses on breastfeeding
Dominant discourses on breastfeeding as the optimal feeding method for infants and a way for mother and child to develop a strong bond are widely promoted and the message of 'breast is best' has been internalized by mothers around the world. Breastfeeding rates in Iceland and the other Nordic countries are among the highest in the world and the cultural and societal expectations for women to successfully breastfeed are therefore very high, as bre…
Constructing the attached mother in the “world's most feminist country”
This paper explores the construction of the Icelandic mother within the discourse of attachment, on Icelandic websites offering expert advice on pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding, and care. The paper examines whether attachment theory discourse in Iceland differs from the more traditional discourse of attachment theory and specifically, if the ideas of attachment and bonding have been modernized or recycled to be more inclusive of fathers and to th…
Getting the Green Light: Experiences of Icelandic Mothers Struggling with Breastfeeding
The World Health Organization recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life, with continued breastfeeding up to two years of age or beyond. This policy has been adopted by the Nordic countries, including Iceland, where there has been an upward trend towards higher breastfeeding rates and duration. The high breastfeeding rates in Iceland indicate that the idea that all women should breastfeed is culturally very strong. Exclus…
Constructing the attached mother in the “world's most feminist country”
This paper explores the construction of the Icelandic mother within the discourse of attachment, on Icelandic websites offering expert advice on pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding, and care. The paper examines whether attachment theory discourse in Iceland differs from the more traditional discourse of attachment theory and specifically, if the ideas of attachment and bonding have been modernized or recycled to be more inclusive of fathers and to th…
Mothering and Gender Equality in Iceland: Irreconcilable Opposites
Iceland enjoys a reputation as one of the most gender equal countries in the world. It has also received much attention for an innovative approach to parental leave where fathers have three months of non-transferable leave, thereby encouraging active involvement of fathers in the caretaking of their children. This article focuses on the discrepancy between on the one hand the goals of the state of drawing men, particularly fathers, into tradition…
We at least say we are equal: Gender equality and class in healthcare professionals' discursive framing of migrant mothers
Excluding the Involved Father: Having a Child During the Covid Pandemic in Iceland
Iceland has prioritized the importance of active fatherhood through the implementation of public policies that encourage men to be actively involved in caregiving.However, during the COVID-19 pandemic, fathers in Iceland were excluded from various aspects of maternity care as a measure to reduce the spread of the virus.In order to explore how parents experienced these strict COVID-19 restrictions, which prevented fathers from being present at com…
Unless I could be like the typical dad: Exploring parenthood through the perspective of the voluntarily childfree
Fertility rates have significantly declined in advanced, industrialized nations. The factors contributing to these swift demographic changes are diverse, but it is evident that women are opting for fewer children, delaying childbirth, and a growing number of individuals are choosing not to have children. Most studies on voluntary childlessness depict it as a growing phenomenon in Western societies and predict that the voluntary childless populati…
When breast is not best: Opposing dominant discourses on breastfeeding
Dominant discourses on breastfeeding as the optimal feeding method for infants and a way for mother and child to develop a strong bond are widely promoted and the message of 'breast is best' has been internalized by mothers around the world. Breastfeeding rates in Iceland and the other Nordic countries are among the highest in the world and the cultural and societal expectations for women to successfully breastfeed are therefore very high, as bre…
The “good” epidural: Women’s use of epidurals in relation to dominant discourses on “natural” birth
Childbirth is widely recognized to be among the most painful of experiences, and the most common and effective pain relief for birthing women is known to be the use of epidural analgesia. The increase in the use of epidural analgesia for birthing women has been described by some critics as a by-product of the medicalized model of birth, although there remains a notable dearth of research regarding women’s experiences of epidurals. The present pap…
Getting the Green Light: Experiences of Icelandic Mothers Struggling with Breastfeeding
The World Health Organization recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life, with continued breastfeeding up to two years of age or beyond. This policy has been adopted by the Nordic countries, including Iceland, where there has been an upward trend towards higher breastfeeding rates and duration. The high breastfeeding rates in Iceland indicate that the idea that all women should breastfeed is culturally very strong. Exclus…
The 2021 Baby Boom in Iceland: Exploring the Role of a Parental Leave Reform and the Covid-19 Pandemic
Constructing the attached mother in the “world's most feminist country”
This paper explores the construction of the Icelandic mother within the discourse of attachment, on Icelandic websites offering expert advice on pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding, and care. The paper examines whether attachment theory discourse in Iceland differs from the more traditional discourse of attachment theory and specifically, if the ideas of attachment and bonding have been modernized or recycled to be more inclusive of fathers and to th…
Getting the Green Light: Experiences of Icelandic Mothers Struggling with Breastfeeding
The World Health Organization recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life, with continued breastfeeding up to two years of age or beyond. This policy has been adopted by the Nordic countries, including Iceland, where there has been an upward trend towards higher breastfeeding rates and duration. The high breastfeeding rates in Iceland indicate that the idea that all women should breastfeed is culturally very strong. Exclus…
Mothering and Gender Equality in Iceland: Irreconcilable Opposites
Iceland enjoys a reputation as one of the most gender equal countries in the world. It has also received much attention for an innovative approach to parental leave where fathers have three months of non-transferable leave, thereby encouraging active involvement of fathers in the caretaking of their children. This article focuses on the discrepancy between on the one hand the goals of the state of drawing men, particularly fathers, into tradition…
When breast is not best: Opposing dominant discourses on breastfeeding
Dominant discourses on breastfeeding as the optimal feeding method for infants and a way for mother and child to develop a strong bond are widely promoted and the message of 'breast is best' has been internalized by mothers around the world. Breastfeeding rates in Iceland and the other Nordic countries are among the highest in the world and the cultural and societal expectations for women to successfully breastfeed are therefore very high, as bre…
The “good” epidural: Women’s use of epidurals in relation to dominant discourses on “natural” birth
Childbirth is widely recognized to be among the most painful of experiences, and the most common and effective pain relief for birthing women is known to be the use of epidural analgesia. The increase in the use of epidural analgesia for birthing women has been described by some critics as a by-product of the medicalized model of birth, although there remains a notable dearth of research regarding women’s experiences of epidurals. The present pap…
We at least say we are equal: Gender equality and class in healthcare professionals' discursive framing of migrant mothers
Excluding the Involved Father: Having a Child During the Covid Pandemic in Iceland
Iceland has prioritized the importance of active fatherhood through the implementation of public policies that encourage men to be actively involved in caregiving.However, during the COVID-19 pandemic, fathers in Iceland were excluded from various aspects of maternity care as a measure to reduce the spread of the virus.In order to explore how parents experienced these strict COVID-19 restrictions, which prevented fathers from being present at com…
Unless I could be like the typical dad: Exploring parenthood through the perspective of the voluntarily childfree
Fertility rates have significantly declined in advanced, industrialized nations. The factors contributing to these swift demographic changes are diverse, but it is evident that women are opting for fewer children, delaying childbirth, and a growing number of individuals are choosing not to have children. Most studies on voluntary childlessness depict it as a growing phenomenon in Western societies and predict that the voluntary childless populati…
Now We Just Have to Take a Step Back”: Media Portrayal of Cash‐For‐Childcare Benefits in Iceland
The Icelandic preschool system provides education and childcare services for children, thereby enabling Icelandic women to participate extensively in the labor market. This participation is a key factor in maintaining the country’s longstanding position as the most gender‐equal nation in the world. However, in recent years Iceland’s preschool system has faced significant strain due to a shortage of childcare options for children aged 12 months to…
The 2021 Baby Boom in Iceland: Exploring the Role of a Parental Leave Reform and the Covid-19 Pandemic
Parenthood in the Nordic Countries: Imaginaries, Politics and Practices
Sociology (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (6 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Breastfeeding (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · History (3 works)