Althingi or Althing, is the supreme national parliament of Iceland. It is one of the oldest surviving parliaments in the world. The Althing was founded...

A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments...

governed as an independent commonwealth under the native parliament, the Althing, one of the world's oldest functioning legislative assemblies. Following...

Alþingishúsið (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈalˌθiɲcɪsˌhuːsɪθ], The Parliament House) is a classical 19th century structure which stands by Austurvöllur in...

Members of the Althing are elected on the basis of proportional representation from six constituencies. Until 1991, membership of the Althing was divided...

was introduced in 1948. Together with the Manx Tynwald and the Icelandic Alþing, the Løgting is one of the oldest surviving parliaments in the world, all...

speakers of the Althing, the Icelandic parliament. The Speaker of the Althing (Icelandic: Forseti Alþingis, literally the President of the Althing) is the presiding...

in Iceland by Saturday 27 September 2025 to elect the 63 members of the Althing. The 2021 parliamentary election took place on 25 September, a month before...

Speakers of the Upper House of the Althing. In 1991, the Althing became unicameral. The official website of the Althing[citation needed]...

the Althing. Police are prepared for trouble in front of the House of the Althing. Overview over Austurvöllur, in front of the House of the Althing Overview...

politician. He was elected twice as lawspeaker of the Icelandic parliament, the Althing. He is commonly thought to have authored or compiled portions of the Prose...

the 100 most powerful women in the world. She has been a member of the Althing (Iceland's parliament) for Reykjavík constituencies since 1978, winning...

in Iceland. The Left-Green Movement is the third largest party in the Althing, with 8 members of 63 in total after the 2021 Icelandic parliamentary election...

total of 24 women were elected to the Althing, compared to 30 in the 2016 election. Of those elected to the Althing, 19 are new, but this is considerably...

(until 9 April); Bjarni Benediktsson (since 9 April) Althing: 2021-present Althing Speaker of the Althing: Birgir Ármannsson President of the Supreme Court:...

Gunnar returns with honours from a trip to Scandinavia. He goes to the Althing – the annual assembly – in splendour, and meets Hallgerður. They are impressed...

local government. From the start, Gaukur Jörundsson was elected by the Althing as the umboðsmaður. He was reelected twice, the last time with a mandate...

Constitution of Iceland Law Taxation Constitutional reform Legislature Althing Speaker Birgir Ármannsson (D) Members of Parliament Constituencies Executive...

the Lower House of the Althing. Below is a list of office-holders from 1889: In 1991 the Alting became unicameral. The official website of the Althing...

often named the Estates. The oldest surviving legislature is the Icelandic Althing, founded in 930 CE. Democratic legislatures have six major functions: representation...

institutions of some Nordic countries (e.g. the Icelandic parliament, the Alþing) and of the Isle of Man (the Tynwald). In modern German and Dutch the day...

the political unit existing in Iceland between the establishment of the Althing (Icelandic: Alþingi) in 930 and the pledge of fealty to the Norwegian king...

Commonwealth consisted of a number of clans run by chieftains, and the Althing was a combination of parliament and supreme court where disputes appealed...

many independent goðorð were established, until they united under the Althing around 930. In 964, the system was fixed under a constitution that recognized...

This is a list of the current 63 members of the Althing (Icelandic Parliament), from 2021 until 2025. "Website". mbl.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved February...

This is a list of the 63 members of the Althing (Icelandic Parliament), from 2016 until 2017. For the parties having qualified with a national result...

Iceland and King's College London. Since 2021, he is the Speaker of the Althing. Althing biography v t e "Þingmenn og embætti". Alþingi (in Icelandic)....

around 2800 BC. The oldest recorded parliament still in existence is the Althing, the ruling legislative body of Iceland. It was founded in 930 and originally...

(“Thingweald”) from Anglo-Saxon þing and weald. The site takes its name from Alþing (Althing), the national parliament of Iceland, which was founded at Þingvellir...

communications between Iceland and Denmark. As a result, on 10 April, the Althing passed two resolutions investing the Icelandic cabinet with the power of...