Gísli Jónsson (17 August 1889 – 7 October 1970) was an

Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...

ic politician. He served as a member 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 ...

from 1942 to 1956 and from 1959 to 1963 as an independent. He served as a member of the

Nordic Council The Nordic Council is the official body for formal inter-parliamentary Nordic cooperation among the Nordic countries. Formed in 1952, it has 87 representatives from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden as well as from the autonomo ...

from 1952 to 1956 and from 1959 to 1963, was chairman of the Icelandic delegation 1959–1963, president of the council in 1960, and vice president in 1959 and 1961–1963. Gísli was the owner of the motorboat MS ''Þormóður'', which sinking during a storm in 1943, that led to the death of 31 passengers and crew, caused an uproar in Iceland regarding the safety on the sea.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gisli Jonsson Members of the Althing 1889 births 1970 deaths