Iceland

Alþingi

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Alþingi 1995–1999

1995-04-08 – 1999-03-25

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Party Groupings

  • Independence Party

    25 seats

  • Progressive Party

    15 seats

  • People's Alliance

    9 seats

  • Social Democratic Party

    7 seats

  • National Awakening

    4 seats

  • Women's List

    3 seats

What’s in this dataset?

As much as we know. Here’s a taste of the information we have so far.

Biographical 100%
Social links 3%
Contact details 0%
Identifiers 80%

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Arnbjörg Sveinsdóttir

Independence Party — East

Gender female
Born 1956-02-18
wikidata Q16419747

Björn Bjarnason

Independence Party — Reykjavik

Gender male
Born 1944-11-14
wikidata Q879568
viaf 107217975
freebase /m/0c9yg3
lcauth n89616016
pace 3003

Bryndís Hlöðversdóttir

People's Alliance — Reykjavik

Gender female
wikidata Q16421915
pace 4236

Davíð Oddsson

Independence Party — Reykjavik

Gender male
Born 1948-01-17
wikidata Q298030
viaf 79480467
freebase /m/01p6tm
lcauth nr99014336
isni 0000 0000 7866 3550

Egill Jónsson

Independence Party — East

Gender male
Born 1930-12-14
Died 2008-07-12
wikidata Q16422895

Einar Guðfinnsson

Independence Party — West Fjords

Gender male
Born 1955-12-02
wikidata Q1305893

Einar Kristjánsson

Independence Party — West Fjords

Gender male
Born 1942-12-26
Died 2007-07-14
wikidata Q16422960
pace 5620

Finnur Ingólfsson

Progressive Party — Reykjavik

Gender male
Born 1954-08-08
wikidata Q3480659

Friðrik Sophusson

Independence Party — Reykjavik

Gender male
Born 1943-10-18
wikidata Q3482241

Geir Haarde

Independence Party — Reykjavik

Gender male
Born 1951-04-08
wikidata Q202032
viaf 311606711
freebase /m/083sph
gnd 1061277186
gtaa 212237

Gunnlaugur Sigmundsson

Progressive Party — West Fjords

Gender male
Born 1948-06-30
wikidata Q16425879

Guðjón Guðmundsson

Independence Party — West

Gender male

Guðmundur Bjarnason

Progressive Party — Northeastern Region

Gender male

Guðmundur Hallvarðsson

Independence Party — Reykjavik

Gender male

Guðmundur Stefánsson

Social Democratic Party — Reykjanes

Gender male
Born 1955-10-31
wikidata Q11004581
viaf 4049893
lcauth n88641623

Guðni Ágústsson

Progressive Party — Southern Region

Gender male
Born 1949-04-09
wikidata Q1036680
viaf 102922784
lcauth n2009071616
isni 0000 0000 7275 5702

Guðný Guðbjörnsdóttir

Women's List — Reykjavik

Gender female

Gísli Einarsson

Social Democratic Party — West

Gender male
Born 1945-12-12
wikidata Q16426353

Halldór Blöndal

Independence Party — Northeastern Region

Gender male
Born 1938-08-24
wikidata Q3481195
viaf 308698158
lcauth no2014050652
pace 2433

Halldór Ásgrímsson

Progressive Party — East

Gender male
Born 1947-09-08
Died 2015-05-18
wikidata Q208879
viaf 44468764
freebase /m/0254bq
isni 0000 0000 0349 0560
nndb 915/000162429

Hjálmar Jónsson

Independence Party — Northwestern Region

Gender male
Born 1950-04-17
wikidata Q5873298
viaf 170503747
lcauth n2011024792

Hjálmar Árnason

Progressive Party — Reykjanes

Gender male
Born 1950-11-15
wikidata Q3138791
pace 3560

Hjörleifur Guttormsson

People's Alliance — East

Gender male
Born 1935-10-31
wikidata Q3482631
viaf 231561174
lcauth n98011195
isni 0000 0003 6577 7091
gnd 1020954876

Ingibjörg Pálmadóttir

Progressive Party — West

Gender female
Born 1949-02-18
wikidata Q6032483

Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir

National Awakening — Reykjavik

Gender female
Born 1942-10-04
wikidata Q57772
viaf 308180631
freebase /m/051yg14
lcauth n2014018937
isni 0000 0004 3073 1365

Jón Hannibalsson

Social Democratic Party — Reykjavik

Gender male
Born 1939-02-21
wikidata Q1715045
viaf 11909207
freebase /m/07bqhs
lcauth no97025432
gnd 1013833414

Jón Kristjánsson

Progressive Party — East

Gender male
Born 1942-06-11
wikidata Q6320343
viaf 309583089
lcauth n2015060466
isni 0000 0004 3539 1531

Kristinn Gunnarsson

People's Alliance — West Fjords

Gender male
Born 1952-08-19
wikidata Q16419044
pace 5722

Kristján Pálsson

Independence Party — Reykjanes

Gender male

Kristín Halldórsdóttir

Women's List — Reykjanes

Gender female
Born 1939-10-20
Died 2016-07-14
wikidata Q60921240
pace 2622

Kristín Ástgeirsdóttir

Women's List — Reykjavik

Gender female

Lára Ragnarsdóttir

Independence Party — Reykjavik

Gender female

Lúðvík Bergvinsson

Social Democratic Party — Southern Region

Gender male
Born 1964-04-29
wikidata Q16421493

Magnús Stefánsson

Progressive Party — West

Gender male
Born 1960-10-01
wikidata Q6732262

Margrét Frímannsdóttir

People's Alliance — Southern Region

Gender female

Páll Pétursson

Progressive Party — Northwestern Region

Gender male
Born 1937-03-17
wikidata Q7264051

Pétur Blöndal

Independence Party — Reykjavik

Gender male
Born 1944-06-24
Died 2015-06-26
wikidata Q446307
viaf 168463186
freebase /m/02vtt15
isni 0000 0001 1540 126X
gnd 143534130

Ragnar Arnalds

People's Alliance — Northwestern Region

Gender male
Born 1938-07-08
wikidata Q338734
viaf 264870444
freebase /m/03ll9b
lcauth nb2002085282
pace 2527

Rannveig Guðmundsdóttir

Social Democratic Party — Reykjanes

Gender female
Born 1940-09-15
wikidata Q7293411

Sighvatur Björgvinsson

Social Democratic Party — West Fjords

Gender male
Born 1942-01-23
wikidata Q3480682

Sigríður Þórðardóttir

Independence Party — Reykjanes

Gender female
Born 1946-05-14
wikidata Q7513164

Siv Friðleifsdóttir

Progressive Party — Reykjanes

Gender female
Born 1962-08-10
wikidata Q437932
pace 5443

Stefán Guðmundsson

Progressive Party — Northwestern Region

Gender male
Born 1932-05-24
Died 2011-09-10
wikidata Q16427240

Steingrímur Sigfússon

People's Alliance — Northeastern Region

Gender male
Born 1955-08-04
wikidata Q511882
viaf 308191991
freebase /m/03mhd_
lcauth n97020437
pace 5987

Sturla Böðvarsson

Independence Party — West

Gender male
Born 1945-11-23
wikidata Q7629074

Svanfríður Jónasdóttir

National Awakening — Northeastern Region

Gender female

Svavar Gestsson

People's Alliance — Reykjavik

Gender male
Born 1944-06-26
wikidata Q3480199
viaf 65743575
lcauth n96097079
isni 0000 0000 3189 1345

Sólveig Pétursdóttir

Independence Party — Reykjavik

Gender female
Born 1952-03-11
wikidata Q546985
pace 5189

Tómas Olrich

Independence Party — Northeastern Region

Gender male
Born 1943-02-13
wikidata Q7862293
viaf 39467996
pace 3568
isni 0000 0000 0196 9279

Valgerður Sverrisdóttir

Progressive Party — Northeastern Region

Gender female
Born 1950-03-23
wikidata Q467509
freebase /m/026xyn2

Vilhjálmur Egilsson

Independence Party — Northwestern Region

Gender male
Born 1952-12-18
wikidata Q16430063

Ágúst Einarsson

National Awakening — Reykjanes

Gender male

Árni Johnsen

Independence Party — Southern Region

Gender male
Born 1944-03-01
wikidata Q252258
freebase /m/0jwsdqj
lcauth n86095288

Árni Mathiesen

Independence Party — Reykjanes

Gender male
Born 1958-10-02
wikidata Q252264
viaf 261337664
freebase /m/097k2m
lcauth n2011069902
isni 0000 0003 8174 509X

Árni Árnason

Independence Party — Reykjanes

Gender male
Born 1966-05-23
wikidata Q252271
freebase /m/0j7lfgp
pace 5988

Ásta Jóhannesdóttir

National Awakening — Reykjavik

Gender female
Born 1949-10-16
wikidata Q252586
freebase /m/05f3rgn

Ísólfur Pálmason

Progressive Party — Southern Region

Gender male

Ólafur Einarsson

Independence Party — Reykjanes

Gender male
Born 1932-07-07
wikidata Q12357244

Ólafur Grímsson

People's Alliance — Reykjanes

Gender male
Born 1943-05-14
wikidata Q57284
viaf 90888506
freebase /m/015kbd
lcauth n97074537
pace 2147

Ólafur Haraldsson

Progressive Party — Reykjavik

Gender male

Ögmundur Jónasson

People's Alliance — Reykjavik

Gender male
Born 1948-07-17
wikidata Q294666
freebase /m/05f9zjk

Össur Skarphéðinsson

Social Democratic Party — Reykjavik

Gender male
Born 1953-06-19
wikidata Q58123
viaf 308179182
freebase /m/097k8x
lcauth n2014055317
pace 5192

Þorsteinn Pálsson

Independence Party — Southern Region

Gender male
Born 1947-10-29
wikidata Q335707
viaf 2083152140024611100005
freebase /m/05jdgh
gtaa 140010

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require 'everypolitician'
country = Everypolitician::Index.new.country('Iceland')
house = country.legislature('Assembly')
house.popolo.terms.find_by(id: 'term/1995').memberships.each do |membership|
  puts "#{membership.person.name} (#{membership.party.name}): #{membership.person.gender}"
end

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