List of Speakers of the Lower House of the Althing

Speakers of the Lower House of the Althing.

Below is a list of office-holders from 1889:

Name Period
Jón Sigurðsson 1875-1879
Jón Sigurðsson (Gaultlöndum) 1879-1885
Grimm Thomsen 1885-1886
Jón Sigurðsson (Gaultlöndum) 1886-1889
Benedikt Sveinsson 1889-1891
þorarinn Böðvarsson 1891-1893
Benedikt Sveinsson 1893-1894
þorarinn Böðvarson 1894-1895
Benedikt Sveinsson 1895-1897
þórhallur Bjarnarson 1897-1901
Klemens Jónsson 1901-1905
Magnus Stephensen 1905-1909
Hannes þorsteinsson 1909-1912
Magnús Andrésson 1912-1914
Ólafur Briem 1914-1920
Benedikt Sveinsson 1920-1931
Jörundur Brynjólfsson 1931-1942
Emil Jónsson 1942
Johann þ Jósefsson 1942-1943
Jörundur Brynjólfsson 1943-1945
Barði Guðmundsson 1945-1949
Sigurður Bjarnason 1949-1956
Einar Olgeirsson 1956-1959
Jóhann Hafstein 1959-1961
Ragnhildur Helgadóttir 1961-1962
Jóhann Hafstein 1962-November 14, 1963
Sigurður Bjarnason November 14, 1963-February 28, 1970
Matthías Árni Mathiesen March 3, 1970-1971
Gils Gudmundsson 1971-1974
Ragnhildur Helgadóttir 1974-1978
Ingvar Gíslason 1978-1979
Árni Gunnarsson 1979
Sverrir Hermannsson 1979-1983
Ingvar Gíslason 1983-1987
Jón Kristjánsson 1987-1988
Kjartan Jóhannsson 1988-1989
Árni Gunnarsson 1989-1991
Matthías Bjarnason 1991

In 1991 the Alting became unicameral.

Sources

  • The official website of the Althing
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