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Alþingi

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Alþingi 2007-2009

2007-06-13 – 2009-04-17

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Party Groupings

  • Independence Party

    26 seats

  • Social Democratic Alliance

    17 seats

  • Left-Green Movement

    9 seats

  • Progressive Party

    7 seats

  • Liberal Party

    3 seats

  • Independent

    1 seat

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

Biographical 100%
Social links 6%
Contact details 1%
Identifiers 100%

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Arnbjörg Sveinsdóttir

Independence Party — Northeast Constituency

Gender female
Born 1956-02-18
wikidata Q16419747

Atli Gíslason

Left-Green Movement — South Constituency

Gender male
Born 1947-08-12
wikidata Q757377

Birgir Ármannsson

Independence Party — Reykjavik Constituency South

Gender male
Born 1968-06-12
wikidata Q865180
freebase /m/0gmcb0g
pace 5444

Birkir Jónsson

Progressive Party — Northeast Constituency

Gender male
Born 1979-07-24
wikidata Q865674
pace 5191

Bjarni Benediktsson

Independence Party — Southwest Constituency

Gender male
Born 1970-01-26
wikidata Q879376
freebase /m/05zxr7k
ne_se bjarnibenediktsson

Bjarni Harðarson

Progressive Party — South Constituency (until 2008)

Gender male
Born 1961-12-25
wikidata Q4919576
viaf 6758583
lcauth n2002107040
isni 0000 0000 4794 5037

Björgvin Sigurðsson

Social Democratic Alliance — South Constituency

Gender male
Born 1970-10-30
wikidata Q879490
freebase /m/0524cjd
viaf 171339135
gnd 1013135881
lcauth n2011065262

Björk Guðjónsdóttir

Independence Party — South Constituency

Gender female
Born 1954-01-16
wikidata Q16421265

Björn Bjarnason

Independence Party — Reykjavik Constituency South

Gender male
Born 1944-11-14
wikidata Q879568
freebase /m/0c9yg3
viaf 107217975
pace 3003
gnd 140531041

Einar Guðfinnsson

Independence Party — Northwest Constituency

Gender male
Born 1955-12-02
wikidata Q1305893

Einar Kristjánsson

Independence Party — Northwest Constituency (from 2007-07-14)

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

Einar Sigurðsson

Social Democratic Alliance — Northeast Constituency

Gender male
Born 1951-10-29
wikidata Q16422955

Ellert Schram

Social Democratic Alliance — Reykjavik Constituency North

Gender male
Born 1939-10-10
wikidata Q15967307
pace 5986

Eygló Harðardóttir

Progressive Party — South Constituency (from 2008-11-17)

Gender female
Born 1972-12-12
wikidata Q1385796

Geir Haarde

Independence Party — Reykjavik Constituency South

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

Grétar Jónsson

Liberal Party — South Constituency

Gender male
Born 1955-04-29
wikidata Q16425617

Gunnar Svavarsson

Social Democratic Alliance — Southwest Constituency

Gender male
Born 1962-09-26
wikidata Q16425816

Guðbjartur Hannesson

Social Democratic Alliance — Northwest Constituency

Gender male
Born 1950-06-03
Died 2015-10-23
wikidata Q1557723

Guðfinna Bjarnadóttir

Independence Party — Reykjavik Constituency North

Gender female
Born 1957-10-27
wikidata Q16425985

Guðjón Kristjánsson

Liberal Party — Northwest Constituency

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

Guðlaugur Þórðarson

Independence Party — Reykjavik Constituency North

Gender male
Born 1967-12-19
wikidata Q1557735

Guðni Ágústsson

Progressive Party — South Constituency (until 2008-11-17)

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

Helga Harðardóttir

Progressive Party — South Constituency (from 2008)

Gender female
Born 1969-12-12
wikidata Q33084005

Helgi Hjörvar

Social Democratic Alliance — Reykjavik Constituency North

Gender male
Born 1967-06-09
wikidata Q463525

Herdís Þórðardóttir

Independence Party — Northwest Constituency (until 2007-07-14)

Gender female
Born 1953-01-31
wikidata Q16427595

Höskuldur Þórhallsson

Progressive Party — Northeast Constituency

Gender male
Born 1973-03-08
wikidata Q1651907

Illugi Gunnarsson

Independence Party — Reykjavik Constituency South

Gender male
Born 1967-08-26
wikidata Q1658872
freebase /m/0jwxlf0

Ingibjörg Gísladóttir

Social Democratic Alliance — Reykjavik Constituency South

Gender female
Born 1954-12-31
wikidata Q262299
freebase /m/0731m4
viaf 1669501
lcauth n92089984

Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir

Social Democratic Alliance — Reykjavik Constituency North

Gender female
Born 1942-10-04
wikidata Q57772
freebase /m/051yg14
viaf 308180631
gnd 105135756X
lcauth n2014018937

Jón Bjarnason

Left-Green Movement — Northwest Constituency

Gender male
Born 1943-12-26
wikidata Q463598

Jón Gunnarsson

Independence Party — Southwest Constituency

Gender male
Born 1956-09-21
wikidata Q1715048

Jón Magnússon

Independence Party — Reykjavik Constituency South (from 2009)

Gender male
Born 1946-03-23
wikidata Q16429613

Karl Matthíasson

Liberal Party — Northwest Constituency (from 2009)

Gender male
Born 1952-08-12
wikidata Q13605967

Katrín Jakobsdóttir

Left-Green Movement — Reykjavik Constituency North

Gender female
Born 1976-02-01
Email katrinja@althingi.is
wikidata Q467464
freebase /m/05f5zsc
viaf 309561613
gnd 1051926092
ne_se katrin-jakobsdottir

Katrín Júlíusdóttir

Social Democratic Alliance — Southwest Constituency

Gender female
Born 1974-11-23
wikidata Q539421

Kjartan Ólafsson

Independence Party — South Constituency

Gender male
Born 1953-11-02
wikidata Q13607417

Kolbrún Halldórsdóttir

Left-Green Movement — Reykjavik Constituency South

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

Kristinn Gunnarsson

Independent — Northwest Constituency (from 2009)

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

Kristján Júlíusson

Independence Party — Northeast Constituency

Gender male
Born 1957-07-15
wikidata Q1789402

Kristján Möller

Social Democratic Alliance — Northeast Constituency

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

Lúðvík Bergvinsson

Social Democratic Alliance — South Constituency

Gender male
Born 1964-04-29
wikidata Q16421493

Magnús Stefánsson

Progressive Party — Northwest Constituency

Gender male
Born 1960-10-01
wikidata Q6732262

Pétur Blöndal

Independence Party — Reykjavik Constituency North

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

Ragnheiður Ríkharðsdóttir

Independence Party — Southwest Constituency

Gender female
Born 1949-06-23
wikidata Q1328085

Ragnheiður Árnadóttir

Independence Party — Southwest Constituency

Gender female
Born 1967-09-30
wikidata Q2127304

Sigurður Kristjánsson

Independence Party — Reykjavik Constituency North

Gender male
Born 1973-05-09
wikidata Q2285487

Siv Friðleifsdóttir

Progressive Party — Southwest Constituency

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
freebase /m/03mhd_
viaf 308191991
pace 5987
gnd 1049994523

Steinunn Óskarsdóttir

Social Democratic Alliance — Reykjavik Constituency North

Gender female
Born 1965-04-07
wikidata Q467461
freebase /m/06v2r7
pace 6481

Sturla Böðvarsson

Independence Party — Northwest Constituency

Gender male
Born 1945-11-23
wikidata Q7629074

Valgerður Sverrisdóttir

Progressive Party — Northeast Constituency

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

Ágúst Ágústsson

Social Democratic Alliance — Reykjavik Constituency South

Gender male
Born 1977-03-10
wikidata Q5543712
viaf 2579152139979611100003

Álfheiður Ingadóttir

Left-Green Movement — Reykjavik Constituency South

Gender female
Born 1951-05-01
wikidata Q250619
freebase /m/0gmc0kc

Ármann Ólafsson

Independence Party — Southwest Constituency

Gender male
Born 1966-07-17
wikidata Q16419293

Árni Johnsen

Independence Party — South Constituency

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

Árni Mathiesen

Independence Party — South Constituency

Gender male
Born 1958-10-02
wikidata Q252264
freebase /m/097k2m
viaf 261337664
gnd 143943316
lcauth n2011069902

Árni Sigurðsson

Left-Green Movement — Reykjavik Constituency North

Gender male
Born 1960-07-30
wikidata Q252296

Árni Árnason

Social Democratic Alliance — Southwest Constituency

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

Ásta Jóhannesdóttir

Social Democratic Alliance — Reykjavik Constituency South

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

Ásta Möller

Independence Party — Reykjavik Constituency South

Gender female
Born 1957-01-12
wikidata Q16419657

Ólöf Nordal

Independence Party — Northeast Constituency

Gender female
Born 1966-12-03
Died 2017-02-08
wikidata Q293066

Ögmundur Jónasson

Left-Green Movement — Southwest Constituency

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

Össur Skarphéðinsson

Social Democratic Alliance — Reykjavik Constituency North

Gender male
Born 1953-06-19
wikidata Q58123
freebase /m/097k8x
viaf 308179182
pace 5192
gnd 1049612892

Þorgerður Gunnarsdóttir

Independence Party — Southwest Constituency

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

Þuríður Backman

Left-Green Movement — Northeast Constituency

Gender female
Born 1948-01-08
wikidata Q335734

Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir

Social Democratic Alliance — Southwest Constituency

Gender female
Born 1965-11-22
wikidata Q335921

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require 'everypolitician'
country = Everypolitician::Index.new.country('Iceland')
house = country.legislature('Assembly')
house.popolo.terms.find_by(id: 'term/2007').memberships.each do |membership|
  puts "#{membership.person.name} (#{membership.party.name}): #{membership.person.gender}"
end

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