This is a list of speakers of the Althing, the Icelandic parliament.
The Speaker of the Althing (Icelandic: Forseti Alþingis, literally the President of the Althing) is the presiding officer (speaker) of that legislature.
| Name | Period | |
|---|---|---|
| Jón Sigurðsson | 1875-1877 | |
| Pétur Pétursson | 1879 | |
| Bergur Thorberg | 1881 | |
| Magnús Stephensen | 1883 | |
| Árni Thorsteinson | 1885 | |
| Benedikt Sveinsson | 1886-1887 | |
| Benedikt Kristjánsson | 1889 | |
| Eiríkur Briem | 1891 | |
| Benedikt Sveinsson | 1893-1894 | |
| Ólafur Briem | 1895 | |
| Hallgrímur Sveinsson | 1897-1899 | |
| Eiríkur Briem | 1901-1907 | |
| Björn Jónsson | 1909 | |
| Skúli Thoroddsen | 1909-1911 | |
| Hannes Hafstein | 1912 | |
| Jón Magnússon | 1912-1913 | |
| Kristinn Daníelsson | 1914-1917 | |
| Jóhannes Jóhannesson | 1918-1921 | |
| Sigurður Eggerz | 1922 | |
| Magnús Kristjánsson | 1922-1923 | |
| Jóhannes Jóhannesson | 1924-1926 | |
| Magnús Torfason | 1927-1929 | |
| Ásgeir Ásgeirsson | 1930-1931 | |
| Einar Árnason | 1931-1932 | |
| Tryggvi Þórhallsson | 1933 | |
| Jón Baldvinsson | 1933-1938 | |
| Haraldur Guðmundsson | 1938-1941 | |
| Gísli Sveinsson | 1942 | |
| Haraldur Guðmundsson | 1942-1943 | |
| Gísli Sveinsson | 1943-1945 | |
| Jón Pálmason | 1945-1949 | |
| Steingrímur Steinþórsson | 1949-1950 | |
| Jón Pálmason | 1950-1953 | |
| Jörundur Brynjólfsson | 1953-1956 | |
| Emil Jónsson | 1956-1958 | |
| Jón Pálmason | 1959 | |
| Bjarni Benediktsson | 1959 | |
| Friðjón Skarphéðinsson | 1959-1963 | |
| Birgir Finnsson | 1963-1971 | |
| Eysteinn Jónsson | 1971-1974 | |
| Gylfi Þorsteinsson Gíslason | 1974 | |
| Ásgeir Bjarnason | 1974-1978 | |
| Gils Guðmundsson | 1978-1979 | |
| Oddur Ólafsson | 1979 | |
| Jón Helgason | 1979-1983 | |
| Þorvaldur Garðar Kristjánsson | 1983-1988 | |
| Guðrún Helgadóttir | 1988-1991 | |
| Salome Þorkelsdóttir | 1991 |
| Name | Period | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salome Þorkelsdóttir | 1991 – 1995 | Independence Party | |
| Ólafur Garðar Einarsson | 1995 – 1999 | Independence Party | |
| Halldór Blöndal | 1999 – 2005 | Independence Party | |
| Sólveig Pétursdóttir | 2005 – 2007 | Independence Party | |
| Sturla Böðvarsson | 2007 – 2009 | Independence Party | |
| Guðbjartur Hannesson | 2009 | Social Democratic Alliance | |
| Ásta Jóhannesdóttir | 2009 – 2013 | Social Democratic Alliance | |
| Einar Kristinn Guðfinnsson | 2013 – 2016 | Independence Party | |
| Steingrímur J. Sigfússon | 2016 – 2017 | The Left-Green Movement | |
| Unnur Brá Konráðsdóttir | 2017* | Independence Party | |
| Steingrímur J. Sigfússon | 2017 – 2021 | The Left-Green Movement | |
| Birgir Ármannsson | 2021 – | Independence Party |