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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Althing [Icel.,=general diet], parliament of Iceland. This assembly, the oldest in Europe, was convened at Thingvellir, SW Iceland, in 930. It was dissolved in 1800, was revived as an advisory body to the Danish monarchy in 1845, and in 1874, when Iceland was granted a constitution, became again a legislative body. The Althing in 1944 voted the independence of Iceland from Denmark, a decision ratified by popular vote. The Althing is now a 63-member unicameral body, but until 1991 it comprised a lower house (two thirds of members) and an upper house (one third). Members are elected by a system... Read more

Thingvellir
, Icelandic Þingvellir, a wide lava plain, since 1928 a national park, the ancient place of assembly of the Icelandic Althing , which met there from 930 to 1798. It is located c.30 mi (50 km) NE of Reykjavík, on the north shore of Thingvallavatn. Read more

Thingvellir
Thingvellir, Iceland Derived from thing ‘assembly’ and vella ‘to spurt’, a reference to where the Althing ‘Parliament’ met in 930–1798, and the local geysers. This was on the northern end of Lake Thingvallavatn... Read more

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	(book review) ; Ragnar Arnalds. Solveig. Reykjavik. Leikur (Haskolautgafan, distr.). 1998. 87 pages, ill. Ragnar Arnalds, who has served in the Althing (Parliament) for about thirty years and as Minister of Education and of Finance, has been sidelining as a playwright for over... Read more
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