List of Speakers of the Parliament of Iceland
Speakers of the United Althing (1875-1991)

List of Speakers of the Parliament of Iceland

Section Title: Speakers of the United Althing (1875-1991)
Table Section Text: None

Name	Period

Jón Sigurðsson	1875-1877

Pétur Pétursson	1879

Bergur Thorberg	1881

Magnús Stephensen	1883

Árni Thorsteinson	1885

Benedikt Sveinsson	1886-1887

Benedikt Kristjánsson	1889

Eiríkur Briem	1891

Benedikt Sveinsson	1893-1894

Ólafur Briem	1895

Hallgrímur Sveinsson	1897-1899

Eiríkur Briem	1901-1907

Björn Jónsson	1909

Skúli Thoroddsen	1909-1911

Hannes Hafstein	1912

Kristinn Daníelsson	1914-1917

Jóhannes Jóhannesson	1918-1921

Sigurður Eggerz	1922

Magnús Kristjánsson	1922-1923

Jóhannes Jóhannesson	1924-1926

Magnús Torfason	1927-1929

Ásgeir Ásgeirsson	1930-1931

Einar Árnason	1931-1932

Tryggvi Þórhallsson	1933

Jón Baldvinsson	1933-1938

Haraldur Guðmundsson	1938-1941

Gísli Sveinsson	1942

Haraldur Guðmundsson	1942-1943

Gísli Sveinsson	1943-1945

Jón Pálmason	1945-1949

Steingrímur Steinþórsson	1949-1950

Jón Pálmason	1950-1953

Jörundur Brynjólfsson	1953-1956

Emil Jónsson	1956-1958

Jón Pálmason	1959

Bjarni Benediktsson	1959

Friðjón Skarphéðinsson	1959-1963

Birgir Finnsson	1963-1971

Eysteinn Jónsson	1971-1974

Gylfi Þorsteinsson Gíslason	1974

Ásgeir Bjarnason	1974-1978

Gils Guðmundsson	1978-1979

Oddur Ólafsson	1979

Jón Helgason	1979-1983

Þorvaldur Garðar Kristjánsson	1983-1988

Guðrún Helgadóttir	1988-1991

Salome Þorkelsdóttir	1991

Sentence(s)

In 1991, Salome Þorkelsdóttir served as the Speaker of the Unicameral Althing.

final_sentence: In 1991, Salome Þorkelsdóttir served as the Speaker of the Unicameral Althing.