Eastern (Icelandic: Austurland) was one of the multi-member constituencies of the Althing, the national legislature of Iceland. The constituency was established...
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elections to the Althing. It was renamed Northeast in 2003 when most of the Eastern constituency was merged into the Northeastern constituency following the...
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elections to the Althing. It was renamed South in 2003 when parts of Eastern and Reykjanes constituencies were merged into the Southern constituency following...
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southern and northern Reykjavik constituencies, as well as in the north-eastern constituency. On 27 October, Althing member Bjarni Jónsson, who had recently...
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governed as an independent commonwealth under the native parliament, the Althing, one of the world's oldest functioning legislative assemblies. After a...
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This is a list of the members of the Iceland Althing (Parliament) from 1995 till 1999....
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Halldór Ásgrímsson (category Members of the Althing)
University of Iceland from 1973 to 1975. He represented the Eastern constituency as a member of the Althing (Icelandic Parliament) from 1974 to 1978 and from 1979...
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This is a list of the members of the Iceland Althing (Parliament) from 1999 till 2003. Replaced by Jónína Bjartmarz in 2000. Replaced by Sigríður Ingvarsdóttir...
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areas of Iceland that roughly follow the arrangement of parliamentary constituencies as they were between 1959 and 2003. These regions are not incorporated...
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Einar Már Sigurðarson (category Members of the Althing)
member of the Althing (Iceland's parliament) from 1999 to 2009 for the Social Democratic Alliance, first as an MP for the Eastern constituency (1999–2003)...
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on 8 May 1999. The Independence Party remained the largest party in the Althing, winning 26 of the 63 seats. The coalition government of the Independence...
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Halldór Blöndal (category Speakers of the Althing)
1999 to 2005, Halldór was the president of the Althing and during his term the old house of the Althing was completely renovated and a new service building...
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Independence Party remained the largest party in the Lower House of the Althing, winning 15 of the 40 seats. Breakaway from the Independence Party Dieter...
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Independence Party remained the largest party in the Lower House of the Althing, winning 14 of the 40 seats. Breakaway from the Independence Party Dieter...
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in Denmark and Norway, the matter was submitted to arbitration at the Althing. Law speaker and pagan Thorgeir Thorkelsson proposed "one law and one religion"...
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questions, and variants included the Althing in Iceland and the Løgting in the Faeroe Islands. The veche, found in Eastern Europe, was a similar body to the...
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Jón Sigurðsson. In 1843, a new Althing was founded as a consultative assembly. It claimed continuity with the Althing of the Icelandic Commonwealth, which...
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Poland, the Parliament of England, the Tynwald of the Isle of Man, and the Althing of Iceland. The Constitution of Bermuda came into force in 1968 and has...
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during the period of the Icelandic Commonwealth. It was an institution of Althing, the nation's legislative and judicial authority. There was no executive...
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Taxation Constitutional reform Legislature Althing Speaker Birgir Ármannsson (D) Members of Parliament Constituencies Executive President of Iceland Halla Tómasdóttir...
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anti-gay legislation in Russia. Lviv in Ukraine replaced Moscow in 2023. Althing, national parliament Beer Day (Iceland) Icelandic Phallological Museum...
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Katrín Friðriksson Handball Member of Althing (2016–present) Albert Guðmundsson Association football Member of Althing (1974–1987) Willum Þór Þórsson Association...
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Kirkwall. Orkney is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, as well as a constituency of the Scottish Parliament, a lieutenancy area, and an historic county...
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natural amphitheatre. The site was the home of Iceland's parliament, the Alþing, which was first convened in 930. It is a common misconception that Þingvellir...
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withdrawing the application for membership, without the approval of the Althing, though the European Union stated that Iceland had not formally withdrawn...
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during the period of the Icelandic Commonwealth. They were institutions of Althing, the nation's legislative and judicial authority. There was no executive...
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Gulating near Bergen in western Norway:[citation needed] The Icelandic Althing, dating from 930. The Faroese Løgting, dating from a similar period. The...
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Taxation Constitutional reform Legislature Althing Speaker Birgir Ármannsson (D) Members of Parliament Constituencies Executive President of Iceland Halla Tómasdóttir...
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