National
Speaker of the Althing
- Icelandic: Forseti Alþingis
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Chosen by the Althing from among its members
- Exact method
- Elected by the Althing from among its members at the start of each parliament (Althing Rules of Procedure, Act no. 55/1991).
- Chosen by
- Althing
- Seats
- 1
Who holds it now
- Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir S Report Source: althingi.is, checked
Sources
- government.is · checked Government of Iceland, Constitution of the Republic of Iceland (Act no. 33/1944 as amended), read 2026-10-12: structure, selection and competences of the President, ministers, Althing and courts. Offices without a dated source are drawn from the Constitution text. For: Speaker of the Althing
- althingi.is · checked Althingi, official Icelandic titles in the ministers list; Icelandic names of bodies from island.is and althingi.is, read 2026-10-12. For: Speaker of the Althing in Icelandic
- althingi.is · checked Althingi, XML list of presiding officers (forsetar), session 158, read 2026-10-12: President of Iceland and Speaker of the Althing. President term dates from Statistics Iceland (statice.is), presidential election 1 June 2024: term 1 Aug 2024 to 31 Jul 2028. For: Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir, current term
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