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...
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Member of parliament (redirect from Member of Althing)
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...
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governed as an independent commonwealth under the native parliament, the Althing, one of the world's oldest functioning legislative assemblies. Following...
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Alþingishúsið (redirect from House of the Althing)
Alþingishúsið (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈalˌθiɲcɪsˌhuːsɪθ], The Parliament House) is a classical 19th century structure which stands by Austurvöllur in...
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Løgting (redirect from Faroese Althing)
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...
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List of speakers of the Parliament of Iceland (redirect from List of Speakers of the Althing (Iceland))
speakers of the Althing, the Icelandic parliament. The Speaker of the Althing (Icelandic: Forseti Alþingis, literally the President of the Althing) is the presiding...
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Members of the Althing are elected on the basis of proportional representation from six constituencies. Until 1991, membership of the Althing was divided...
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Speakers of the Upper House of the Althing. In 1991, the Althing became unicameral. The official website of the Althing[citation needed]...
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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...
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(until 9 April); Bjarni Benediktsson (since 9 April) Althing: 2021-present Althing Speaker of the Althing: Birgir Ármannsson President of the Supreme Court:...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Njáls saga (section The Althing)
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...
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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...
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Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (category Members of the Althing)
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...
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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...
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Commonwealth consisted of a number of clans run by chieftains, and the Althing was a combination of parliament and supreme court where disputes appealed...
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often named the Estates. The oldest surviving legislature is the Icelandic Althing, founded in 930 CE. Democratic legislatures have six major functions: representation...
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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...
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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...
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responsible for the unification of Iceland under the Althing and was then appointed lawspeaker at the first Althing in 930 CE. He served in that capacity until...
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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...
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Jón Sigurðsson (category Speakers of the Althing)
for the first time since 1833 to sit at the restored Alþing. Jón had been elected to the Althing in 1844 as an MP for Ísafjörður county. He managed to...
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many independent goðorð were established, until they united under the Althing around 930. In 964, the system was fixed under a constitution that recognized...
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was decided by the Alþingi (Althing). It has changed over the years, but the legislative body is still called the Althing. Following the settlement of...
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List of political parties in Iceland (section Active parties, without representation in the Althing)
Constitution of Iceland Law Taxation Constitutional reform Legislature Althing Speaker Birgir Ármannsson (D) Members of Parliament Constituencies Executive...
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(“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...
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longest functioning parliaments in the world, alongside the Icelandic Althing and the Manx Tynwald. The parliament currently has 33 members. Elections...
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Honduras National Congress 128 Hungary National Assembly 199 Iceland Althing 63 Iran Islamic Consultative Assembly 290 Israel Knesset 120 Kiribati...
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