Iceland

Alþingi

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Alþingi 2016–2017

2016-12-06 – 2017-10-27

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Party Groupings

  • Independence Party

    20 seats

  • Left-Green Movement

    10 seats

  • Pirate Party

    10 seats

  • Progressive Party

    8 seats

  • Viðreisn

    7 seats

  • Bright Future

    4 seats

  • Social Democratic Alliance

    3 seats

What’s in this dataset?

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

Biographical 95%
Social links 11%
Contact details 1%
Identifiers 100%

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Andrés Ingi Jónsson

Left-Green Movement — Reykjavik Constituency North

Gender male
Born 1979-08-16
wikidata Q27688679

Ari Trausti Guðmundsson

Left-Green Movement — South Constituency

Gender male
Born 1948-12-03
wikidata Q653949
viaf 62749087
lcauth n82262670
gnd 133869385
isni 0000 0001 2136 1612

Benedikt Jóhannesson

Viðreisn — Northeast Constituency

Gender male
Born 1955-05-04
wikidata Q24884989
viaf 257709528
lcauth nb2018008447
gnd 1024868877
isni 0000 0003 7940 8422

Birgir Ármannsson

Independence Party — Reykjavik Constituency North

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

Birgitta Jónsdóttir

Pirate Party — Reykjavik Constituency North

Gender female
Born 1967-04-17
wikidata Q144270
viaf 288607376
freebase /m/0cc597m
lcauth nb2017006701
isni 0000 0003 9414 3768

Bjarkey Gunnarsdóttir

Left-Green Movement — Northeast Constituency

Gender female
Born 1965-02-27
wikidata Q15622449
pace 7709

Bjarni Benediktsson

Independence Party — Southwest Constituency

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

Björn Leví Gunnarsson

Pirate Party — Reykjavik Constituency North

Gender male
Born 1976-06-01
wikidata Q28056970

Björt Ólafsdóttir

Bright Future — Reykjavik Constituency North

Gender female
Born 1983-03-02
wikidata Q12395898

Bryndís Haraldsdóttir

Independence Party — Southwest Constituency

Gender female
Born 1976-12-29
wikidata Q28927547

Brynjar Þór Níelsson

Independence Party — Reykjavik Constituency South (from 2017-02-09)

Gender male
Born 1960-09-01
wikidata Q15630813

Einar Brynjólfsson

Pirate Party — Northeast Constituency

Gender male
Born 1968-10-26
wikidata Q30015880

Elsa Lára Arnardóttir

Progressive Party — Northwest Constituency

Gender female
Born 1975-12-30
wikidata Q15632998

Eva Pandora Baldursdóttir

Pirate Party — Northwest Constituency

Gender female
Born 1990-10-08
wikidata Q30053077

Eygló Harðardóttir

Progressive Party — Southwest Constituency

Gender female
Born 1972-12-12
wikidata Q1385796

Gunnar Hrafn Jónsson

Pirate Party — Reykjavik Constituency South

Gender male
Born 1981-06-13
wikidata Q31749116

Gunnar Sveinsson

Progressive Party — Northwest Constituency

Gender male
Born 1968-06-09
wikidata Q5618945
pace 6821

Guðjón S. Brjánsson

Social Democratic Alliance — Northwest Constituency

Gender male
Born 1955-03-22
wikidata Q31749122

Guðlaugur Þórðarson

Independence Party — Reykjavik Constituency North

Gender male
Born 1967-12-19
wikidata Q1557735

Halldóra Mogensen

Pirate Party — Reykjavik Constituency North

Gender female
Born 1979-07-11
wikidata Q31749120

Hanna Katrín Friðriksson

Viðreisn — Reykjavik Constituency South

Gender female
Born 1964-08-04
wikidata Q31749114

Haraldur Benediktsson

Independence Party — Northwest Constituency

Gender male
Born 1966-01-23
wikidata Q15730617

Jón Gunnarsson

Independence Party — Southwest Constituency

Gender male
Born 1956-09-21
wikidata Q1715048

Jón Steindór Valdimarsson

Viðreisn — Southwest Constituency

Gender male
Born 1958-06-27
wikidata Q31749126

Jón Þór Ólafsson

Pirate Party — Southwest Constituency

Gender male
Born 1977-03-13
wikidata Q13370916

Jóna Sólveig Elínardóttir

Viðreisn — South Constituency

wikidata Q31749121

Katrín Jakobsdóttir

Left-Green Movement — Reykjavik Constituency North

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

Kolbeinn Óttarsson Proppé

Left-Green Movement — Reykjavik Constituency South

Gender male
Born 1972-12-19
wikidata Q31749113
viaf 316807975
lcauth nb2003076413

Kristján Júlíusson

Independence Party — Northeast Constituency

Gender male
Born 1957-07-15
wikidata Q1789402

Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir

Progressive Party — Reykjavik Constituency South

Gender female
Born 1973-10-04
wikidata Q23753778

Lilja Magnúsdóttir

Left-Green Movement — Northwest Constituency

Gender female
Born 1957-06-24
wikidata Q539467

Logi Már Einarsson

Social Democratic Alliance — Northeast Constituency

Gender male
Born 1964-08-21
wikidata Q27901964

Nicole Leigh Mosty

Bright Future — Reykjavik Constituency South

Gender female
Born 1972-10-19
wikidata Q28941997

Njáll Trausti Friðbertsson

Independence Party — Northeast Constituency

Gender male
Born 1969-12-31
wikidata Q31749109

Oddný Harðardóttir

Social Democratic Alliance — South Constituency

Gender female
Born 1957-04-09
wikidata Q437989
freebase /m/0jww1v1

Pawel Bartoszek

Viðreisn — Reykjavik Constituency South

Gender male
Born 1980-09-25
wikidata Q10313820

Páll Magnússon

Independence Party — South Constituency

Gender male
Born 1954-06-17
wikidata Q7264053

Rósa Björk Brynjólfsdóttir

Left-Green Movement — Southwest Constituency

Gender female
Born 1975-02-09
wikidata Q14894348
pace 7867

Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson

Progressive Party — Northeast Constituency

Gender male
Born 1975-03-12
wikidata Q463588
viaf 5275152139992211100002
freebase /m/05f51xr
quora Sigmundur-Davíð-Gunnlaugsson

Sigríður Á. Andersen

Independence Party — Reykjavik Constituency South

Gender female
Born 1971-11-21
wikidata Q23059628

Sigurður Jóhannsson

Progressive Party — South Constituency

Gender male
Born 1962-04-20
wikidata Q201075
freebase /m/0jwzwdl

Silja Dögg Gunnarsdóttir

Progressive Party — South Constituency

Gender female
Born 1973-12-15
wikidata Q16425990

Smári McCarthy

Pirate Party — South Constituency

Gender male
Born 1984-02-07
wikidata Q4269093
viaf 317176496
nta 391791354

Steingrímur Sigfússon

Left-Green Movement — Northeast Constituency

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

Steinunn Þóra Árnadóttir

Left-Green Movement — Reykjavik Constituency North

Gender female
Born 1977-09-18
wikidata Q15214902

Svandís Svavarsdóttir

Left-Green Movement — Reykjavik Constituency South

Gender female
Born 1964-08-24
wikidata Q438056

Teitur Björn Einarsson

Independence Party — Northwest Constituency

wikidata Q31749117

Theodóra S. Þorsteinsdóttir

Bright Future — Southwest Constituency

wikidata Q31749127

Unnur Konráðsdóttir

Independence Party — South Constituency

Gender female
Born 1974-04-06
wikidata Q950297
viaf 3936152139985911100004

Valgerður Gunnarsdóttir

Independence Party — Northeast Constituency

Gender female
Born 1955-07-17
wikidata Q5103475

Vilhjálmur Bjarnason

Independence Party — Southwest Constituency

Gender male
Born 1952-04-20
wikidata Q16430061

Vilhjálmur Árnason

Independence Party — South Constituency

Gender male
Born 1983-10-29
wikidata Q16430083

Áslaug Arna Sigurbjörnsdóttir

Independence Party — Reykjavik Constituency North

Gender female
Born 1990-11-30
wikidata Q27988721

Ásmundur Friðriksson

Independence Party — South Constituency

Gender male
Born 1956-01-21
wikidata Q15622430

Ásta Helgadóttir

Pirate Party — Reykjavik Constituency South

Gender female
Born 1990-02-05
wikidata Q22236740
google_knowledge /g/11bw7sxjbf

Óli Björn Kárason

Independence Party — Southwest Constituency

Gender male
Born 1960-08-26
wikidata Q31749123
lcauth n00107382

Ólöf Nordal

Independence Party — Reykjavik Constituency South (until 2017-02-08)

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

Óttarr Proppé

Bright Future — Southwest Constituency

Gender male
Born 1968-11-07
wikidata Q16420871
allmovie p400657
dnf 205862
sfdb 317545

Þorgerður Gunnarsdóttir

Viðreisn — Southwest Constituency

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

Þorsteinn Víglundsson

Viðreisn — Reykjavik Constituency North

Gender male
Born 1969-11-22
wikidata Q28659343
viaf 9264152140010911100001

Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir

Independence Party — Northwest Constituency

Gender female
Born 1987-11-04
wikidata Q28734624
viaf 8053152140005611100001

Þórhildur Sunna Ævarsdóttir

Pirate Party — Southwest Constituency

Gender female
Born 1987-05-06
wikidata Q27956749

Þórunn Egilsdóttir

Progressive Party — Northeast Constituency

Gender female
Born 1964-11-23
wikidata Q15109949

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require 'everypolitician'
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house = country.legislature('Assembly')
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  puts "#{membership.person.name} (#{membership.party.name}): #{membership.person.gender}"
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