List of Speakers of the Parliament of Iceland


This is a list of Speakers of the Althing, the Icelandic parliament.
The Speaker of the Althing is the presiding officer of that legislature.

Speakers of the United Althing (1875-1991)

NamePeriod
Jón Sigurðsson1875-1877
Pétur Pétursson1879
Bergur Thorberg1881
Magnús Stephensen1883
Árni Thorsteinson1885
Benedikt Sveinsson1886-1887
Benedikt Kristjánsson1889
Eiríkur Briem1891
Benedikt Sveinsson1893-1894
Ólafur Briem1895
Hallgrímur Sveinsson1897-1899
Eiríkur Briem1901-1907
Björn Jónsson1909
Skúli Thoroddsen1909-1911
Hannes Hafstein1912
Jón Magnússon1912-1913
Kristinn Daníelsson1914-1917
Jóhannes Jóhannesson1918-1921
Sigurður Eggerz1922
Magnús Kristjánsson1922-1923
Jóhannes Jóhannesson1924-1926
Magnús Torfason1927-1929
Ásgeir Ásgeirsson1930-1931
Einar Árnason1931-1932
Tryggvi Þórhallsson1933
Jón Baldvinsson1933-1938
Haraldur Guðmundsson1938-1941
Gísli Sveinsson1942
Haraldur Guðmundsson1942-1943
Gísli Sveinsson1943-1945
Jón Pálmason1945-1949
Steingrímur Steinþórsson1949-1950
Jón Pálmason1950-1953
Jörundur Brynjólfsson1953-1956
Emil Jónsson1956-1958
Jón Pálmason1959
Bjarni Benediktsson1959
Friðjón Skarphéðinsson1959-1963
Birgir Finnsson1963-1971
Eysteinn Jónsson1971-1974
Gylfi Þorsteinsson Gíslason1974
Ásgeir Bjarnason1974-1978
Gils Guðmundsson1978-1979
Oddur Ólafsson1979
Jón Helgason1979-1983
Þorvaldur Garðar Kristjánsson1983-1988
Guðrún Helgadóttir1988-1991
Salome Þorkelsdóttir1991

Speakers of the unicameral [Althing] (1991-)

NamePeriodParty
Salome Þorkelsdóttir1991 – 1995Independence Party
Ólafur Einarsson1995 – 1999Independence Party
Halldór Blöndal1999 – 2005Independence Party
Sólveig Pétursdóttir2005 – 2007Independence Party
Sturla Böðvarsson2007 – 2009Independence Party
Guðbjartur Hannesson2009Social Democratic Alliance
Ásta Jóhannesdóttir2009 – 2013Social Democratic Alliance
Einar Kristinn Guðfinnsson2013 – 2016Independence Party
Steingrímur J. Sigfússon2016 – 2017The Left-Green Movement
Unnur Brá Konráðsdóttir2017 – 2017*Independence Party
Steingrímur J. Sigfússon2017–presentThe Left-Green Movement