List of speakers of the Lower House of the Althing explained

Speakers of the Lower House of the Althing.

Below is a list of office-holders from 1889:

NamePeriod
Jón Sigurðsson1875–1879
Jón Sigurðsson (Gaultlöndum)1879–1885
1885–1886
Jón Sigurðsson (Gaultlöndum)1886–1889
Benedikt Sveinsson1889–1891
Þórarinn Böðvarsson1891–1893
Benedikt Sveinsson1893–1894
Þórarinn Böðvarson1894–1895
Benedikt Sveinsson1895–1897
Þórhallur Bjarnarson1897–1901
Klemens Jónsson1901–1905
Magnus Stephensen1905–1909
Hannes þorsteinsson1909–1912
Magnús Andrésson1912–1914
Ólafur Briem1914–1920
Benedikt Sveinsson1920–1931
Jörundur Brynjólfsson1931–1942
Emil Jónsson1942
Jóhann Þ Jósefsson1942–1943
Jörundur Brynjólfsson1943–1945
Barði Guðmundsson1945–1949
Sigurður Bjarnason1949–1956
Einar Olgeirsson1956–1959
Jóhann Hafstein1959–1961
Ragnhildur Helgadóttir1961–1962
Jóhann Hafstein1962 – 14 November 1963
Sigurður Bjarnason14 November 1963 – 28 February 1970
Matthías Árni Mathiesen2 March 1970 – 1971
Gils Guðmundsson1971–1974
Ragnhildur Helgadóttir1974–1978
Ingvar Gíslason1978–1979
Árni Gunnarsson1979
Sverrir Hermannsson1979–1983
Ingvar Gíslason1983–1987
Jón Kristjánsson1987–1988
Kjartan Jóhannsson1988–1989
Árni Gunnarsson1989–1991
Matthías Bjarnason1991

In 1991 the Alting became unicameral.

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