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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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • speakers of the Althing, the Icelandic parliament. The Speaker of the Althing (Icelandic: Forseti Alþingis, literally the President of the Althing) is the presiding...
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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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  • Jóhannesson Prime Minister: Katrín Jakobsdóttir Althing: 2021-present Althing Speaker of the Althing: Birgir Ármannsson President of the Supreme Court:...
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