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    Althingi or Althing, is the supreme national parliament of Iceland. It is one of the oldest surviving parliaments in the world. The Althing was founded...
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    governed as an independent commonwealth under the native parliament, the Althing, one of the world's oldest functioning legislative assemblies. Following...
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    A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments...
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  • in Iceland by Saturday 27 September 2025 to elect the 63 members of the Althing. The 2021 parliamentary election took place on 25 September, a month before...
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    Alþingishúsið (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈalˌθiɲcɪsˌhuːsɪθ], The Parliament House) is a classical 19th century structure which stands by Austurvöllur in...
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  • Speakers of the Upper House of the Althing. In 1991, the Althing became unicameral. The official website of the Althing[citation needed]...
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    Members of the Althing are elected on the basis of proportional representation from six constituencies. Until 1991, membership of the Althing was divided...
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    total of 24 women were elected to the Althing, compared to 30 in the 2016 election. Of those elected to the Althing, 19 are new, but this is considerably...
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    politician. He was elected twice as lawspeaker of the Icelandic parliament, the Althing. He is commonly thought to have authored or compiled portions of the Prose...
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    Løgting (redirect from Faroese Althing)
    was introduced in 1948. Together with the Manx Tynwald and the Icelandic Alþing, the Løgting is one of the oldest surviving parliaments in the world, all...
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