List of Speakers of the Lower House of the Althing (Iceland)

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