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    94028°W / 64.14667; -21.94028 The Alþingi (pronounced [ˈalˌθiɲcɪ]; Icelandic for 'general meeting'), anglicised as Althingi or Althing, is the supreme national...
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  • 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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    The goðar also served as the leaders of the Alþingi, the national assembly of Iceland. Today, the Alþingi is the oldest parliamentary institution in existence...
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    ancient Law Rock, where it remained until the Alþingi was finally transferred from it in 1798. The Alþingi was Iceland's legislative and chief judicial...
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    Grímr Goatshoe (or possibly Goatbeard), investigates all of Iceland before Alþingi (Parliament) can be established. Ari's text is somewhat unclear here. Presumably...
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    location of Alþingi in Reykjavík effectively established the city as the capital of Iceland. In 1874, Iceland was given a constitution; with it, Alþingi gained...
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    which stands by Austurvöllur in central Reykjavík, Iceland. It houses Alþingi, the Icelandic parliament. The building was designed by Ferdinand Meldahl...
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    2018 and 2021 to 2022. He was a member of the Alþingi's budget committee. "Björn Leví Gunnarsson". Alþingi (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2024-03-09. "Björn...
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    Parliament of Iceland since 2017. "Birgir Þórarinsson". Alþingi (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2024-03-09. v t e "Þingmenn og embætti". Alþingi (in Icelandic)....
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  • and his deputy. "Arnar Þór Jónsson". Alþingi (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2024-06-03. "Arnar Þór Jónsson". Alþingi (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2024-06-03....
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    2023. In 2023, he was elected Mayor of Akranes. "Haraldur Benediktsson". Alþingi. Retrieved 2024-03-09. Feykir. "Haraldur Benediktsson hverfur af þingi...
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    the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020. "Konur á Alþingi". Alþingi (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 5 March 2022. Retrieved...
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  • 2021 she became the youngest Icelandic parliamentarian in the history of Alþingi when she took a seat as a deputy member for the Pirate Party at the age...
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  • Ísleifsson was involved in the Klaustur Affair. "Ólafur Ísleifsson". Alþingi (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2024-03-09. "From Iceland — Recording Of Icelandic...
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    Parliament of Iceland since 2017. "Bergþór Ólason". Alþingi (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2024-03-09. v t e "Þingmenn og embætti". Alþingi (in Icelandic)....
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    the Alþingi, the national parliament, was founded in the year 930, and held its sessions there until 1799 and still as of today the name Alþingi Íslendinga...
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  • The Umboðsmaður Alþingis (Icelandic for, literally, "Ombudsman [of the] Parliament") is an ombudsman appointed by the Alþingi (the Parliament of Iceland)...
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    April 3, 2020, a nithing pole with two svið was put up in front of the Alþingi in Iceland. A sign on the pole cited that the government had been allegedly...
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    874 to 930, at which point most of the island had been claimed and Alþingi (Althingi), the assembly of the Icelandic Commonwealth, was founded at Þingvellir...
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    Gunnar meets his future wife Hallgerðr Höskuldsdóttir at the Alþingi...
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    2021, previously serving from 2003 to 2009. "Ágúst Ólafur Ágústsson". Alþingi (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2024-03-09. "Tillögu Ágústs Ólafs hafnað og hann...
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    the Kingdom of Hungary by Stephen I of Hungary.  Iceland 1 July 1845 The Althingi resumes meeting after hiatus since 1799. 1 December 1918 Iceland becomes...
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    mannanöfn | Þingtíðindi | Alþingi". althingi.is. Retrieved 24 January 2020. "Lög um kynrænt sjálfræði. | Þingtíðindi | Alþingi". althingi.is. Retrieved 24 January...
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    Progressive Party, took on Esso, and Björn Ólafsson, later a member of the Alþingi, founded Vífilfell, the company that sells Coca-Cola in Iceland. Lentz...
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    holding the presidency: meet the qualifications specified for members of the Althingi be at least thirty-five years old have at least 1,500 commendations Articles...
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    parliament, since 2017. "Guðmundur Ingi Kristinsson". Alþingi (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2024-03-09. v t e "Þingmenn og embætti". Alþingi (in Icelandic)....
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  • of civilians. Iceland's parliament (Alþingi) made the following demand of the government on 13 May 1964: "Alþingi urges the government to initiate as...
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    German). Mohr Siebeck. p. 103. ISBN 3-16-148311-1. "A short history of Alþingi – the oldest parliament in the world". European Youth Portal. European...
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    seat on Alþingi, which he won. http://www.althingi.is/cv_en.php4?ksfaerslunr=110 Official page at the Alþingi v t e "Þingmenn og embætti". Alþingi (in Icelandic)...
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    tæknifrjóvgun)". Alþingi. "Lög um breytingar á hjúskaparlögum og fleiri lögum og um brottfall laga um staðfesta samvist (ein hjúskaparlög)". Alþingi. "Iceland...
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