Þuríður Backman (born 8 January 1948) served as a member of parliament of the

Althing The (; ), anglicised as Althingi or Althing, is the Parliamentary sovereignty, supreme Parliament, national parliament of Iceland. It is the oldest surviving parliament in the world. The Althing was founded in 930 at ('Thing (assembly), thing ...

, the

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ic parliament from 1999 to 2013, first for the

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constituency and since 2003, after a new division of constituencies was established, for the

Northeast constituency Northeast () is one of the six multi-member constituencies of the Althing, the national legislature of Iceland. The constituency was established in 2003 following the re-organisation of constituencies across Iceland when the Northeastern const ...

. She is a member of the

Left-Green Movement The Left-Green Movement (, ), also known by its short-form name Vinstri græn (VG), is an eco-socialist political party in Iceland. Since the 2024 Icelandic parliamentary election, the party has had no members in the Althing. The party chairper ...

. She has been Deputy Speaker of the Althing since 2003, and a member of the Icelandic Delegation to the

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since 2007.

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Althing biography
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