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Northeast (Althing Constituency)
Northeast () is one of the six multi-member Constituencies of Iceland, constituencies of the Althing, the national legislature of Iceland. The constituency was established in 2003 following the re-organisation of constituencies across Iceland when the Northeastern (Althing constituency), Northeastern constituency was merged with the Eastern (Althing constituency), Eastern constituency (excluding Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður Municipalities of Iceland, municipality which was merged into the South (Althing constituency), South constituency) and Siglufjörður municipality from the Northwestern (Althing constituency), Northwestern constituency. Northeast consists of the Regions of Iceland, regions of Eastern Region (Iceland), Eastern and Northeastern Region (Iceland), Northeastern. The constituency currently elects nine of the 63 members of the Althing using the Open list, open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2024 Icelandic parliamentary election, 202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constituencies Of Iceland
Iceland is divided into six Constituency, constituencies for the purpose of selecting Legislator, representatives to Althing, parliament.National Electoral Commission of Iceland 2013, p. 4 History The current division was established by a 1999 Constitution of Iceland, constitution amendment and was an attempt to balance the weight of different districts of the country whereby voters in the rural districts malapportionment, have greater representation per head than voters in Reykjavík city and its suburbs. The new division comprises three countryside constituencies (NW, NE and S) and three city constituencies (RN, RS and SW).National Electoral Commission of Iceland 2013, p. 5 The imbalance of votes between city and country still exists and a provision in the election law states that if the number of votes per seat in parliament in one constituency goes below half of what it is in any other constituency, one seat shall be transferred between them. This has occurred three times, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Þingeyjarsveit
Þingeyjarsveit () is a municipality located in Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi .... The Vaglaskógur birch wood, one of Iceland's largest woods, is located in the municipality. The district school and sports centre can be found in Laugar. In 2022 the municipality merged with Skútustaðahreppur under its own name, making the municipality the largest in Iceland by area. The municipality agreed to change their governance from a mayor to a council. References External linksOfficial website Municipalities of Iceland Northeastern Region (Iceland) {{Iceland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independence Party (Iceland)
The Independence Party ( ) is a Conservatism, conservative List of political parties in Iceland, political party in Iceland. It is currently the second largest party in the Althing, Alþingi, with 14 seats. The chairman of the party is Guðrún Hafsteinsdóttir and the vice chairman of the party is Jens Garðar Helgason. It was formed in 1929 through a merger of the Conservative Party (Iceland), Conservative Party and the Liberal Party (Iceland, historical), Liberal Party. This united the two parties advocating the dissolution of the History of Iceland#Iceland under Norwegian and Danish kings (1262–1944), Union of Denmark and Iceland; dissolution was achieved in 1944, during the German occupation of Denmark. Since its formation in 1929, the party has won the largest share of the vote in every election except 2009 Icelandic parliamentary election, 2009 and 2024 Icelandic parliamentary election, 2024, when it fell behind the Social Democratic Alliance. Every Independence Party le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jens Garðar Helgason
Jens Garðar Helgason (born 15 December 1976) is an Icelandic politician. He is a member of the Icelandic Parliament for the Independence Party after leading list in the Northeast constituency for the 2024 Icelandic parliamentary election. Jens was born and raised in Eskifjörður. He was a student at Akureyri Junior College, studied business administration at the University of Iceland and holds an MBA from the Norwegian School of Economics. Jens was chairman of the Fjarðabyggð municipal council from 2010 to 2018, he was chairman of the from 2014 to 2020 and vice chairman of the from 2017 to 2020. Jens ran for the first place for the Independence Party for the 2024 Icelandic parliamentary election and performed better than the incumbent leader of the party in the constituency, Njáll Trausti Friðbertsson, when ranked first on the candidate list at the constituency assembly on 20 October 2024. He was elected deputy chair of the Independence Party in early March 2025. Refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viðreisn
Viðreisn (), officially known in English as the Liberal Reform Party, is a Liberalism, liberal political party political parties in Iceland, in Iceland positioned on the Centrism, centre to Centre-right politics, centre-right of the political spectrum. The party was founded on 24 May 2016 but it had existed as a political network since June 2014. It split from the Independence Party (Iceland), Independence Party, mainly over discontent with its decision to not hold a Icelandic European Union membership referendum, referendum on joining the European Union and the lack of support for free trade. The party supports Iceland–European Union relations, Icelandic EU membership, and reform of Agricultural subsidy, agricultural subsidies and protective Excise, excise taxes on foreign produce. Viðreisn is in favor of a publicly financed welfare state. It supports Fixed exchange rate system, pegging the Icelandic króna, króna to another currency, such as the euro, through a currency boar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingvar Þóroddsson
Ingvar Þóroddsson is an Icelandic politician from the Viðreisn party. In the 2024 Icelandic parliamentary election he was elected to the Althing. He was a teacher at a secondary school in Akureyri. He is an engineer by profession. References See also * List of members of the Althing, 2024–2028 This is a list of members of the Althing, the national legislature of Iceland, elected at the 2024 Icelandic parliamentary election, parliamentary election held on 30 November 2024, and subsequent changes during the legislative term. Members R ... {{Iceland-politician-stub Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Viðreisn politicians Icelandic schoolteachers Icelandic engineers Members of the Althing 2024–2028 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Progressive Party (Iceland)
The Progressive Party (, FSF) is an agrarian political party in Iceland. For most of its history, the Progressive Party has governed with the Independence Party. From 30 November 2017 until the 2024 election, the party was a coalition partner in the Bjarni Benediktsson government. The current chairman of the party is Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson who was elected on 2 October 2016. His predecessor was Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, who was elected on 18 January 2009 and was Prime Minister of Iceland from 23 May 2013 to 5 April 2016. Throughout most of the 20th century, the party entered into coalitions with parties on both the Left and Right on the Icelandic political spectrum. History The Progressive Party was founded to represent Iceland's farmer class, which went from being dominant from settlement to the late 19th century to rapidly dwindling in the early 20th century as a result of industrialization and urbanization. Its primary support still comes from the rural areas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingibjörg Ólöf Isaksen
Ingibjörg Ólöf Isaksen (born 14 February 1977) is an Icelandic politician. She was first elected to the Parliament of Iceland (Althing) for the Progressive Party in the 2021 parliamentary election in the Northeast constituency. She was re-elected in the 2024 parliamentary election. Ingibjörg graduated with a matriculation examination from Fjölbrautaskólinn í Breiðholti in 1997 and received a Bachelor of Science in sports science from the Iceland College of Education in 2003. Ingibjörg worked as a teacher at from 2003 to 2004, at from 2004 to 2005 and at from 2005 to 2012. She served on the Eyjafjarðarsveitar municipal council from 2012 to 2014 and on the Akureyri municipal council from 2014 to 2021. During that time, she was the chairwoman of the Akureyri Sports Council from 2014 to 2017. She also served on the board of Norðurorka from 2014 to 2021 and was its chairwoman for the last two years. From 2018 to 2021, she was the managing director of the Akureyri Med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Democratic Alliance
The Social Democratic Alliance (, ) is a Social democracy, social democratic List of political parties in Iceland, political party in Iceland. The party is positioned on the Centre-left politics, centre-left of the political spectrum and their leader is Kristrún Frostadóttir, who has been leader since 2022, and has served as Prime Minister of Iceland since 21 December 2024. Founded in 2000 as a merger of four Centre-left politics, centre-left parties, the party formed its first government following the 2009 Icelandic parliamentary election under Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir. The party was defeated in 2013 Icelandic parliamentary election, 2013, and remained in opposition until winning the 2024 Icelandic parliamentary election, 2024 elections. The youth wing of the Social Democratic Alliance is the Social Democratic Youth (Iceland), Social Democratic Youth. History In 1999, four centre-left political parties (the National Awakening (Iceland), National Awakening, the People's A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eydís Ásbjörnsdóttir
Eydís Ásbjörnsdóttir (born 22 June 1973) is an Icelandic politician and member of the Althing. A member of the Social Democratic Alliance, she has represented the Northeast constituency since November 2024. Eydís was born on 22 June 1973. She is from Eskifjörður. She completed her apprenticeship in hairdressing in 1998 and received a master's degree in hairdressing in 1999. She received a teaching qualification from the University of Akureyri (HA) in 2006. She started teaching at the in 1999. She became headmistress of the school in December 2022 after being appointed by Minister of Education and Children's Affairs Ásmundur Einar Daðason. She also runs a business. Eydís was elected to the municipal council in Fjarðabyggð at the 2010 municipal elections as a candidate for the Fjarðalistan party. She was a substitute member of the Althing for Logi Már Einarsson Logi Már Einarsson (born 21 August 1964) is an Icelandic politician and architect. Early life and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compensatory Seat
Leveling seats (, , , , ), commonly known also as adjustment seats, are an election mechanism employed for many years by all Nordic countries (except Finland) in elections for their national legislatures. Germany also used national leveling seats for their parliament, the Bundestag, from 2013 through 2023. Leveling seats are seats of additional members elected to supplement the members directly elected by each constituency. The purpose of these additional seats is to ensure that each party's share of the total seats is roughly proportional to the party's overall shares of votes at the national level. Denmark In 1915, Denmark became one of the first countries in the world to introduce leveling seats in their parliamentary elections. Since then, all parliamentary elections in Denmark have allocated these adjustment seats as a substantial fraction of the seats in the parliament. The parliamentary seats currently comprise 135 county seats and 40 leveling seats, with a further 4 "Nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Statistics Iceland
Statistics Iceland () is the main official institute providing statistics on the nation of Iceland. It was created by the Althing in 1913, began operations in 1914 and became an independent government agency under the Prime Minister's Office on 1 January 2008. See also * Minister of Statistics Iceland References External links * * 1914 establishments in Iceland Organizations established in 1914 Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ... Government agencies of Iceland {{Iceland-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
