Althing

E54151
legislative assembly parliament unicameral legislature

The Althing is Iceland’s national parliament and one of the oldest surviving legislative assemblies in the world, with origins dating back to the 10th century.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Althing canonical 20
Alþingi 2
Althing (for legislation defining its powers) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative assembly ⓘ
parliament ⓘ
unicameral legislature ⓘ
convenes in Reykjavík ⓘ
country Iceland ⓘ
currentSeat Reykjavík, Iceland ⓘ
surface form: Reykjavík
describedAs one of the oldest surviving parliamentary institutions in the world ⓘ
electoralSystemFeature electoral threshold ⓘ
multi-member constituencies ⓘ
party-list system ⓘ
gainedExpandedAutonomy 1904 ⓘ
gainedLegislativePowers 1874 ⓘ
governs Icelandic state ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver national affairs of Iceland ⓘ
hasPart Speaker of the Althing ⓘ
parliamentary committees ⓘ
hasSession annual legislative session ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.althingi.is/ ⓘ
historicalPeriod Iceland ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Iceland
historicalSeat Þingvellir National Park ⓘ
surface form: Þingvellir
inception 930 ⓘ
jurisdiction Iceland ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Icelandic ⓘ
legislatureOf Iceland ⓘ
locatedIn Reykjavík, Iceland ⓘ
surface form: Reykjavík

Þingvellir National Park ⓘ
surface form: Þingvellir
meetingPlace Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre ⓘ
surface form: Alþingishúsið
memberOf Inter-Parliamentary Union ⓘ
nativeName Althing self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Alþingi
numberOfHouses 1 ⓘ
passes laws of Iceland ⓘ
reestablishedAsConsultativeAssembly 19th century ⓘ
relatedEvent Icelandic independence in 1944 ⓘ
restoredAsParliament 1845 ⓘ
role amends the constitution of Iceland ⓘ
approves national budget ⓘ
elects the Prime Minister in practice through majority support ⓘ
oversees the executive branch ⓘ
passes legislation ⓘ
supervises Government of Iceland ⓘ
suspendedDuring Danish absolute monarchy ⓘ
symbol coat of arms of the Althing ⓘ
transitionedToUnicameral 1991 ⓘ
typeOfOrganization public body ⓘ
usesBuilding Alþingishúsið on Austurvöllur square ⓘ
votingSystem proportional representation ⓘ
wasPreviously bicameral legislature ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Iceland → legislature → Althing ⓘ
Reykjavík, Iceland → hostsInstitution → Althing ⓘ
subject surface form: Reykjavík
this entity surface form: Althingi (Parliament of Iceland)
President of Iceland → oathLocation → Althing ⓘ
Þingvellir National Park → associatedWith → Althing ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alþingi
Althing → nativeName → Althing self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alþingi
Government of Iceland → legislativePartner → Althing ⓘ
Government of Iceland → answerableTo → Althing ⓘ
Supreme Court of Iceland → governingBody → Althing ⓘ
this entity surface form: Althing (for legislation defining its powers)
Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Iceland) → subordinateTo → Althing ⓘ
Constitution of Iceland → promulgatedBy → Althing ⓘ
Constitution of Iceland → establishesBody → Althing ⓘ
Constitution of Iceland → legislatureName → Althing ⓘ
Sveinn Björnsson → member of → Althing ⓘ
Lögberg → associatedWith → Althing ⓘ
Lögberg → associatedWith → Althing ⓘ
this entity surface form: Icelandic national assembly
Speaker of the Althing → appliesToJurisdiction → Althing ⓘ
Speaker of the Althing → partOf → Althing ⓘ
Speaker of the Althing → presidesOver → Althing ⓘ
Speaker of the Althing → officeHeldByHeadOfGovernmentBody → Althing ⓘ
Speaker of the Althing → highestRankingOfficialIn → Althing ⓘ
Speaker of the Althing → legislativeBody → Althing ⓘ
Speaker of the Althing → appointedBy → Althing ⓘ
Speaker of the Althing → represents → Althing ⓘ
this entity surface form: legislature of Iceland
conversion of Iceland at the Althing → location → Althing ⓘ
conversion of Iceland at the Althing → determinedBy → Althing ⓘ
Njáls saga → associatedInstitution → Althing ⓘ