Jóhannes Jóhannesson
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Jóhannes Jóhannesson (17 January 1866 – 7 February 1950) was an Icelandic politician and speaker of
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 ...
. He was a member of the Althing in 1900–1901, 1903–1913, and 1916–1931. On 25 August 1907 Jóhannes inaugurated the first submarine cable between Iceland and Europe, and sent the first telegraph after minister Hannes Hafstein was delayed due to bad weather out at sea. Between the years of 1897-1918 he served as county sheriff for Seyðisfjörður, and from 1918-1928 he served as county sheriff for the city of
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until the role was dissolved. Jóhannes served as chairman for the Icelandic side of the committee on the act of the Union with Denmark, which secured the sovereignty of Iceland from Danish rule. In 1920 he was appointed a member of the first committee of th
Fálkaorða
receiving th
stórriddarakross
for his role as county sheriff in 1921.


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File:Sambandslaganefndin in front of Alþingishúsið in Reykjavík.jpg, Sambandslaganefndin in front of Alþingishúsið in Reykjavík File:Sambandslaganefndin við störf 1918.jpg File:Jóhannes alongside other members of Alþingi in Copenhagen in 1906.jpg, Jóhannes (second to the left, bottom row) alongside other members of Alþingi in Copenhagen in 1906


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Jóhannes Jóhannesson
Secretariat of Althingi, retrieved 22 January 2022
Leiðin að sjálfstæði
(in Icelandic), retrieved 22 January 2022
Gardur.is
(in Icelandic), retrieved 22 January 2022
Mbl.is
(in Icelandic), retrieved 5 September 2022 {{DEFAULTSORT:Johannesson, Johannes 1866 births 1950 deaths Jóhannes Jóhannesson Jóhannes Jóhannesson