Skúli Thoroddsen (6 January 1859 – 21 May 1916) was an Icelandic judge and politician.

Career

Thoroddsen was a Speaker 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 ...

Family

He was married to poet Theodóra Thoroddsen. His great-granddaughter is

Katrín Jakobsdóttir Katrín Jakobsdóttir (; born 1 February 1976) is an Icelandic former politician who served as the prime minister of Iceland from December 2017 to April 2024 and was a member of the Althing for the Reykjavík North constituency from 2007 to 202 ...

, the former

Prime Minister of Iceland The prime minister of Iceland () is head of government of the Republic of Iceland. The prime minister is appointed formally by the president of Iceland, president and exercises executive authority along with the Cabinet of Iceland, cabinet subje ...

References

1859 births 1916 deaths Skuli Thoroddsen Skuli Thorodssen {{Iceland-politician-stub