Lárus Þórarinn Blöndal Björnsson was an Icelandic
sýslumaður
(; plural: ; , , ) is a governmental office or title used in Iceland, the Faroe Islands, and Norway.
The position originated in Norway in the Middle Ages, where it was used as a noble title, and the was granted a fief called a '' sýsla'' (pl ...
and
alþingismaður
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 late ...
.
He served as Vice President of
Alþingi
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 la ...
in 1833, and as
Alþingismaður
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 late ...
from 1880 to 1885.
Personal life
Lárus was the son of
Björn Blöndal
Björn Auðunsson Blöndal (1 October 1787 – 23 June 1846) was an Icelandic District Commissioner and politician. He was a member of Alþingi from 1845 to 1846.
He took the family name Blöndal during his years of study in Copenhagen.
Björ ...
who famously presided over the case of
Agnes and Friðrik, and father in law to
Jóhannes Jóhannesson, speaker of Alþingi between 1918–1921 and 1924–1926.
References
External links
Lárus Blöndal Secretariat of Althingi, retrieved 22 January 2022
Tímarit.is(in Icelandic), retrieved 22 January 2022
Garður.is(in Icelandic), retrieved 22 January 2022
Breiðfirðingur – 1. tölublað (01.04.1999) (in Icelandic), retrieved 22 January 2022
Tíminn Sunnudagsblað – 23. tölublað (20.06.1971)(in Icelandic), retrieved 22 January 2022
Morgunblaðið – 198. tölublað (24.08.2018)(in Icelandic), retrieved 22 January 2022
Húnavaka – 1. tölublað (01.05.1979)(in Icelandic), retrieved 22 January 2022
1836 births
1894 deaths
Members of the Althing
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