| Birth Name: | 5 June 1973 |
| Occupation: | trade union leaderpolitician |
| Birth Place: | Reykjavík |
| Alma Mater: | Fjölbrautaskólinn in BreiðholtUniversity of IcelandLund University |
| Office: | Icelandic Confederation of Labour |
| Order: | President of |
| Term End: | August 10, 2022 |
| Term Start: | 2018 |
| Predecessor: | Gylfi Arnbjörnsson |
| President: | Guðni Th. Jóhannesson |
| Office2: | Left-Green Movement |
| Order2: | Executive director of the |
| Termend2: | 2010 |
| Termstart2: | 2006 |
| President2: | Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson |
Drífa Snædal (born 5 June 1973) is an Icelandic trade union leader and politician. She was the president of the Icelandic Confederation of Labour (ASÍ) (Icelandic: Alþýðusamband Íslands) 2018, until her resignition on August 10, 2022.[1]
Drífa was born in Reykjavík but grew up in Hella from the age of four and in Lund in Sweden from the age of six to eleven. In 1993, she graduated from Fjölbrautaskólinn in Breiðholt with a degree in sociology. She graduated as a technical draftsman from the Reykjavík Vocational School in 1998, from the University of Iceland with a business degree in 2003 and with a master's degree in labor market studies with an emphasis on labor law from Lund University in 2012.
Drífa became the director of education and promotion at the Association for Women's Shelters in 2003 and was the executive director of the association from 2004 to 2006. She worked as the executive director of the Left-Green Movement from 2006 to 2010. In 2012, she became the executive director of the Icelandic Trade Union Confederation.[2]