List of Speakers of the Lower House of the Althing
Speakers of the Lower House of the Althing. Below is a list of office-holders from 1889: In 1991 the Alting became unicameral.

List of Speakers of the Lower House of the Althing

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Table Section Text: Speakers of the Lower House of the Althing. Below is a list of office-holders from 1889: In 1991 the Alting became unicameral.

Name	Period

Jón Sigurðsson	1875-1879

Jón Sigurðsson (Gaultlöndum)	1879-1885

Grimm Thomsen	1885-1886

Jón Sigurðsson (Gaultlöndum)	1886-1889

Benedikt Sveinsson	1889-1891

þorarinn Böðvarsson	1891-1893

Benedikt Sveinsson	1893-1894

þorarinn Böðvarson	1894-1895

Benedikt Sveinsson	1895-1897

þórhallur Bjarnarson	1897-1901

Klemens Jónsson	1901-1905

Magnus Stephensen	1905-1909

Hannes þorsteinsson	1909-1912

Magnús Andrésson	1912-1914

Ólafur Briem	1914-1920

Benedikt Sveinsson	1920-1931

Jörundur Brynjólfsson	1931-1942

Emil Jónsson	1942

Johann þ Jósefsson	1942-1943

Jörundur Brynjólfsson	1943-1945

Barði Guðmundsson	1945-1949

Sigurður Bjarnason	1949-1956

Einar Olgeirsson	1956-1959

Jóhann Hafstein	1959-1961

Ragnhildur Helgadóttir	1961-1962

Jóhann Hafstein	1962-November 14, 1963

Sigurður Bjarnason	November 14, 1963-February 28, 1970

Matthías Árni Mathiesen	March 3, 1970-1971

Gils Gudmundsson	1971-1974

Ragnhildur Helgadóttir	1974-1978

Ingvar Gíslason	1978-1979

Árni Gunnarsson	1979

Sverrir Hermannsson	1979-1983

Ingvar Gíslason	1983-1987

Jón Kristjánsson	1987-1988

Kjartan Jóhannsson	1988-1989

Árni Gunnarsson	1989-1991

Matthías Bjarnason	1991

Sentence(s)

Sigurður Bjarnason served as speaker of the Lower House, of the Althing from 1949 to 1956 and again from, 1963 to 1970.

final_sentence: Sigurður Bjarnason served as speaker of the Lower House, of the Althing from 1949 to 1956 and again from, 1963 to 1970.