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List Of Members Of The Althing, 2013–2016
This is a list of the 63 members of the Icelandic Parliament The (; ), anglicised as Althingi or Althing, is the supreme national parliament of Iceland. It is the oldest surviving parliament in the world. The Althing was founded in 930 at (' thing fields' or 'assembly fields'), about east of what lat ... (''Althing''), from 2013 until 2016. Election results List of chosen MPs For the parties having qualified with a national result above the 5% election threshold, the 9 leveling seats (L1-L9) were first distributed party-wise according to the calculation method in this particular order ''(where the party's total number of national votes was divided by the sum of "won seats plus 1" - with an extra leveling seat granted to the party with the highest fraction - while repeating this process until all 9 leveling seats had been determined)''. At the next step, these leveling seats were then by the same order distributed one by one to the relative strongest constituency of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliament Of Iceland
The (; ), anglicised as Althingi or Althing, is the supreme national parliament of Iceland. It is the oldest surviving parliament in the world. The Althing was founded in 930 at (' thing fields' or 'assembly fields'), about east of what later became the country's capital, Reykjavík. After Iceland's union with Norway in 1262, the Althing lost its legislative power, which was not restored until 1904 when Iceland gained home rule from Denmark. For 641 years, the Althing did not serve as the parliament of Iceland; ultimate power rested with the Norwegian, and subsequently the Danish throne. Even after Iceland's union with Norway in 1262, the Althing still held its sessions at until 1800, when it was discontinued. It was restored in 1844 by royal decree and moved to Reykjavík. The restored unicameral legislature first came together in 1845 and after 1874 operated in two chambers with an additional third chamber taking on a greater role as the decades passed until 1991 when Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northwest (Althing Constituency)
Northwest () is one of the six multi-member Constituencies of Iceland, 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 Northwestern (Althing constituency), Northwestern constituency (excluding Siglufjörður Municipalities of Iceland, municipality which was merged into the Northeast (Althing constituency), Northeast constituency) was merged with the Western (Althing constituency), Western and Westfjords (Althing constituency), Westfjords constituencies. Northwest consists of the Regions of Iceland, regions of Northwestern Region (Iceland), Northwestern, Western Region (Iceland), Western and Westfjords. The constituency currently elects six of the 63 members of the Althing using the Open list, open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2024 Icelandic parliamentary election, 2024 parliamentary election it had 22,351 registered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir
Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir (born 12 October 1966) is a politician and former Icelandic minister, mayor and parliamentarian. She is currently the chair of the Executive Board of Women Political Leaders, Global Forum.womenpoliticalleaders.org Before that, she was the Minister of Interior after getting elected to the Althing (Icelandic parliament) in 2013, and was Mayor of Reykjavík from 21 August 2008 to 15 June 2010, the president for the city council from 2006 to 2008 and member of the city council from 2002 to 2013. She represented the Independence Party (Sjálfstæðisflokkur). Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir was born on 12 October 1966 to Aðalheiður J. Björnsdóttir and Kristján Ármannsson. She was born and raised in Hafnarfjörður. She is married to business consultant Vilhjálmur Jens Árnason; they have two daughters. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science at the University of Iceland in 1991. After that, she got a Master of Science in i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valgerður Bjarnadóttir
Valgerður Bjarnadóttir (born 13 January 1950) is an Icelandic politician A politician is a person who participates in Public policy, policy-making processes, usually holding an elective position in government. Politicians represent the people, make decisions, and influence the formulation of public policy. The roles ... of the Social Democratic Alliance. External linksNon auto-biography of Valgerður Bjarnadóttir on the parliament website 1950 births Living people Valgerdur Bjarnadottir Valgerdur Bjarnadottir Place of birth missing (living people) Valgerdur Bjarnadottir Valgerdur Bjarnadottir Valgerdur Bjarnadottir {{Iceland-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson
Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson (born 22 October 1980) is an Icelandic former member of parliament In modern politics and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: Representation (politics), representing the Election#Suffrage, electorate, making laws, and overseeing ... representing Reykjavik Constituency North. He is a member of the Icelandic Pirate Party. First elected in 2013, he did not contest the 2021 election. References Living people Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson 1980 births {{Iceland-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birgir Ármannsson
Birgir Ármannsson (born 12 June 1968) is a member of parliament of the Althing, the Icelandic parliament. He is a member of the Independence Party. He was educated at the University of Iceland and King's College London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public university, public research university in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of George IV of the United Kingdom, King George IV .... From 2021 to 2024, he was the Speaker of the Althing. He was succeeded on 1 December 2024 by Ásthildur Lóa Þórsdóttir as acting speaker. External linksAlthing biography 1968 births Birgir Ármannsson Alumni of King's College London Birgir Ármannsson Living people Birgir Ármannsson Birgir Ármannsson Birgir Ármannsson Birgir Ármannsson Birgir Ármannsson Birgir Ármannsson Birgir Ármannsson Birgir Ármannsson Birgir Ármannsson Birgir Ármannsson {{Iceland-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Árni Þór Sigurðsson
Árni Þór Sigurðsson (born 30 July 1960) is an Icelandic diplomat and former member of the Althing. He is temporarily the Chairman of the Special Executive Committee for Grindavik Affairs, that was established to address the challenges faced by the town of Grindavík due to recent seismic activities, including earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. He is on leave from the Foreign Service and has previously served as ambassador of Iceland to Denmark, to Finland, and to the Russian Federation. Career Árni Þór received a cand.mag. degree in Economics and Russian from the University of Oslo in 1986 and subsequently pursued graduate studies in Slavic languages at the Stockholm University and the University of Moscow. He received a master's degree in international relations from the University of Iceland in 2015. From the early 1990s until his election to the Althing in 2007, he served in various roles at the Icelandic Teachers' Union, the Icelandic Ports Association, and on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigrún Magnúsdóttir
Sigrún Magnúsdóttir (born 15 June 1944) is an Icelandic politician and a former cabinet member. She represented the Reykjavík North Constituency in the Althingi from 2013 until 2016. Minister for the Environment At the end of 2014 she was appointed Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources. The post had previously been held by Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson (who combined it with Fisheries and Agriculture). It was reassigned in the third reshuffle of the Cabinet of Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson. Following the 2016 Icelandic parliamentary election (in which she did not stand) a new government was formed. In January 2017 she was succeeded as environment minister by Björt Ólafsdóttir in the Cabinet of Bjarni Benediktsson The Cabinet of Bjarni Benediktsson in Iceland, nicknamed “''The restoration government''” () or “''The work government''” (), was formed 14 November 1963. It dissolved 10 July 1970 due to the death of the Prime Minister, Bjarni Benedikts . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Björt Ólafsdóttir
Björt Ólafsdóttir is an Icelandic politician who represented Bright Future in the Althing 2013-17 and is its current chairperson. She served as the Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources of Iceland from January to November 2017. Bright Future was formed to contest the 2013 Icelandic parliamentary election, which is when Björt entered the Althing as one of the new party's six MPs. She was elected chairperson of her party on 25 November 2017, after the previous chair Óttarr Proppé resigned following the results of the 2017 election, in which Bright Future lost every seat it held. In March 2015 she joined the protest #FreeTheNipple on Twitter, which was directed against censorship on women's bodies and sexism. She joined the protest by posting a picture of her naked left breast. Ministerial career Following parliamentary elections in 2016, a new coalition government with Björt as Minister of Environment was formed in January 2017 comprising the Independence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brynjar Þór Níelsson
Brynjar is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Brynjar Aa, often Brynjar Å, (born 1960), Norwegian dramatist *Brynjar Ingi Bjarnason (born 1999), Icelandic footballer *Brynjar Þór Björnsson (born 1988), Icelandic basketball player *Brynjar Guðmundsson (born 1989), alpine skier from Iceland *Brynjar Gunnarsson (born 1975), Icelandic former footballer *Brynjar Hoff (born 1940), Norwegian oboist *Brynjar Kristinsson (born 1988), Icelandic cross-country skier * Thorarinn Brynjar Kristjansson (born 1980), Icelandic professional football player *Brynjar Kvaran (born 1958), Icelandic former Olympic handball player *Brynjar Leifsson (born 1990), Icelandic musician *Brynjar Lia (born 1966), Norwegian historian, professor at the University of Oslo *Brynjar Meling (born 1967), Norwegian lawyer *Brynjar Níelsson (born 1960), Icelandic politician, member of the Althing * Brynjar Rasmussen (born 1977), Norwegian jazz musician (clarinet) See also * Brnjare * Bryja *Bryn (d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Össur Skarphéðinsson
Össur Skarphéðinsson (pronounced ; born 19 June 1953) is an Icelandic politician who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from February 2009 to May 2013. Össur matriculated from the Reykjavík Grammar School in 1973, and gained a BS in biology from the University of Iceland in 1979, and a doctorate from the University of East Anglia in 1983 entitled ''"The effect of photoperiod on the growth of the rainbow trout''". He was a member of the parliament (Althing) for the Reykjavík Constituency from 1991 to 2003, and for Reykjavík North Constituency from 2003 to 2016. He was Chairman of the Social Democratic Party parliamentary group from 1991 to 1993, Minister for the Environment from 1993 to 1995, and Chairman of the Social Democratic Alliance The Social Democratic Alliance (, ) is a Social democracy, social democratic List of political parties in Iceland, political party in Iceland. The party is positioned on the Centre-left politics, centre-left of the political sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frosti Sigurjónsson
Frosti Sigurjónsson (born December 19, 1962, in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic businessman and politician. He was a member of parliament for the Progressive Party (Iceland), Progressive Party from 2013 to 2016. Frosti has an MBA from the London Business School (1991). He has had prominent roles in various Icelandic companies. From 1999 to 2005 he served as chair of the board of CCP Games. In 2005 he co-founded the travel search engine Dohop where he served until 2010 as managing director and then as CEO. He was also co-founder and from 2009 to 2013 CEO of DataMarket, a company active in the field of information visualization. Following the 2013 Icelandic parliamentary election, Icelandic parliamentary elections of April 27, 2013 Frosti was a member of the Icelandic parliament for the constituency Reykjavík North (Althing constituency), Reykjavík North. He was Chairman of the Parliament Committee on Economic Affairs and Trade and Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Frosti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
