Iceland

Alþingi

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Alþingi 1999-2003

1999-05-08 – 2003-03-15

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Party Groupings

  • Independence Party

    26 seats

  • Social Democratic Alliance

    17 seats

  • Progressive Party

    12 seats

  • Left-Green Movement

    6 seats

  • Liberal Party

    2 seats

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

Biographical 100%
Social links 2%
Contact details 0%
Identifiers 78%

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Adolf Berndsen

Independence Party — Northwest Constituency (from 2003)

Gender male

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
pace 3003
lcauth n89616016

Bryndís Hlöðversdóttir

Social Democratic 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

Drífa Hjartardóttir

Independence Party — South Constituency

Gender female

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

Einar Sigurðsson

Social Democratic Alliance — East

Gender male
Born 1951-10-29
wikidata Q16422955

Finnur Ingólfsson

Progressive Party — Reykjavik (until 2000)

Gender male
Born 1954-08-08
wikidata Q3480659

Geir Haarde

Independence Party — Reykjavik

Gender male
Born 1951-04-08
wikidata Q202032
viaf 311606711
freebase /m/083sph
gnd 1061277186
nndb 913/000162427

Gunnar Birgisson

Independence Party — Reykjanes

Gender male
Born 1947-09-30
wikidata Q5618946

Guðjón Guðmundsson

Independence Party — West

Gender male

Guðjón Kristjánsson

Liberal Party — West Fjords

Gender male
Born 1944-07-05
Died 2018-03-17
wikidata Q553616
viaf 8660152140008311100003

Guðmundur Hallvarðsson

Independence Party — Reykjavik

Gender male

Guðmundur Stefánsson

Social Democratic Alliance — Reykjanes

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

Guðni Ágústsson

Progressive Party — South Constituency

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

Guðrún Ögmundsdóttir

Social Democratic Alliance — Reykjavik

Gender female

Gísli Einarsson

Social Democratic Alliance — West

Gender male
Born 1945-12-12
wikidata Q16426353

Halldór Blöndal

Independence Party — Northeast Constituency

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

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 — Northwest Constituency (until 2001)

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

Ingibjörg Pálmadóttir

Progressive Party — West (until 2001)

Gender female
Born 1949-02-18
wikidata Q6032483

Jóhann Ársælsson

Social Democratic Alliance — West

Gender male

Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir

Social Democratic Alliance — Reykjavik

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

Jón Bjarnason

Left-Green Movement — Northwest Constituency

Gender male
Born 1943-12-26
wikidata Q463598

Jón Kristjánsson

Progressive Party — East

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

Jónína Bjartmarz

Progressive Party — Reykjavik (from 2000)

Gender female
Born 1952-12-23
wikidata Q1715069
pace 5723

Karl Matthíasson

Social Democratic Alliance — West Fjords (from 2001)

Gender male
Born 1952-08-12
wikidata Q13605967

Katrín Fjeldsted

Independence Party — Reykjavik

Gender female
Born 1946-11-06
wikidata Q16430143

Kjartan Ólafsson

Independence Party — South Constituency (from 2001)

Gender male
Born 1953-11-02
wikidata Q13607417

Kolbrún Halldórsdóttir

Left-Green Movement — Reykjavik

Gender female
Born 1955-07-31
wikidata Q467455
viaf 312620249
freebase /m/05f3g6b
gnd 1061421546

Kristinn Gunnarsson

Progressive Party — West Fjords

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

Kristján Möller

Social Democratic Alliance — Northwest Constituency

Gender male
Born 1953-06-26
wikidata Q463602
pace 4635

Kristján Pálsson

Independence Party — Reykjanes

Gender male

Lára Ragnarsdóttir

Independence Party — Reykjavik

Gender female

Lúðvík Bergvinsson

Social Democratic Alliance — South Constituency

Gender male
Born 1964-04-29
wikidata Q16421493

Magnús Stefánsson

Progressive Party — West (from 2001)

Gender male
Born 1960-10-01
wikidata Q6732262

Margrét Frímannsdóttir

Social Democratic Alliance — South Constituency

Gender female

Páll Pétursson

Progressive Party — Northwest Constituency

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

Rannveig Guðmundsdóttir

Social Democratic Alliance — Reykjanes

Gender female
Born 1940-09-15
wikidata Q7293411

Sighvatur Björgvinsson

Social Democratic Alliance — West Fjords (until 2001)

Gender male
Born 1942-01-23
wikidata Q3480682

Sigríður Ingvarsdóttir

Independence Party — Northwest Constituency (from 2001)

Gender female

Sigríður Jóhannesdóttir

Social Democratic Alliance — Reykjanes

Gender female

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

Steingrímur Sigfússon

Left-Green Movement — Northeast Constituency

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

Sturla Böðvarsson

Independence Party — West

Gender male
Born 1945-11-23
wikidata Q7629074

Svanfríður Jónasdóttir

Social Democratic Alliance — Northeast Constituency

Gender female

Sverrir Hermannsson

Liberal Party — Reykjavik

Gender male
Born 1930-02-26
Died 2018-03-12
wikidata Q3481185
viaf 61138777
lcauth no96032594
isni 0000 0000 4171 3470
fast 1428686

Sólveig Pétursdóttir

Independence Party — Reykjavik

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

Tómas Olrich

Independence Party — Northeast Constituency

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

Valgerður Sverrisdóttir

Progressive Party — Northeast Constituency

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

Vilhjálmur Egilsson

Independence Party — Northwest Constituency (until 2003)

Gender male
Born 1952-12-18
wikidata Q16430063

Árni Johnsen

Independence Party — South Constituency (until 2001)

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

Árni Jóhannsson

Left-Green Movement — Northeast Constituency

Gender male

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

Social Democratic Alliance — Reykjavik

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

Ásta Möller

Independence Party — Reykjavik

Gender female
Born 1957-01-12
wikidata Q16419657

Ísólfur Pálmason

Progressive Party — South Constituency

Gender male

Ólafur Haraldsson

Progressive Party — Reykjavik

Gender male

Ögmundur Jónasson

Left-Green Movement — Reykjavik

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

Össur Skarphéðinsson

Social Democratic Alliance — Reykjavik

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

Þorgerður Gunnarsdóttir

Independence Party — Reykjanes

Gender female
Born 1965-10-04
wikidata Q139225
freebase /m/03bqqx

Þuríður Backman

Left-Green Movement — East

Gender female
Born 1948-01-08
wikidata Q335734

Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir

Social Democratic Alliance — Reykjanes

Gender female
Born 1965-11-22
wikidata Q335921

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