Þórður Sveinbjörnsson (4 September 1786 – 20 February 1856) was an
Icelandic politician. He was appointed to the
Althing
The (; ), anglicised as Althingi or Althing, is the Parliamentary sovereignty, supreme Parliament, national parliament of Iceland. It is the oldest surviving parliament in the world. The Althing was founded in 930 at ('Thing (assembly), thing ...
during the
1844 Icelandic parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland in 1844. They were the first elections in the country's history.Gudmundur Halfdanarson (2008) ''Historical Dictionary of Iceland'', Scarecrow Press, p52
Electoral system
The Althing was composed of 26 ...
.
Thórdur was the editor of
Sunnanpósturinn in 1835.
References
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1786 births
19th-century Icelandic politicians
1856 deaths
Members of the Althing