What is Althing?
{{Infobox Legislature | background_color = #725b2f | text_color = #FFFFFF | name = Icelandic Parliament | native_name = Alþingi Íslendinga | transcription_name = | legislature = | coa_pic = Reykjavik althing.jpg | coa_res = 260px | house_type = Unicameral | leader1_type = [[Speaker (politics)|Speaker]] | leader1 = [[Einar Kristinn Guðfinnsson]] | party1 = [[Social Democratic Alliance]] | election1 = 14 May 2009 | members = 63 | structure1 = 2013 Icelandic Parliament Structure.png | structure1_res = 260px | structure1_alt = Current Structure of the Icelandic Parliament | political_groups1 = '''Government [[coalition]]''' :{{color box|#0000BF}} [[Independence Party (Iceland)|Independence Party]] (21) :{{color box|#00ff66}} [[Progressive Party (Iceland)|Progressive Party]] (8) '''Opposition Parties''' :{{color box|black}} [[Pirate Party (Iceland|Pirate Party]] (10) :{{color box|#009900}} [[Left-Green Movement]] (10) :{{color box|orange}} [[Reform Party (Iceland)|Reform Party]] (7) :{{color box|purple}} [[Bright Future]] (4) :{{color box|#ff0000}} [[Social Democratic Alliance]] (3) | voting_system1 = [[Proportional representation]] | last_election1 = 25 April 2009 | session_room = Alþingi.JPG | session_res = 260px | session_alt = The Icelandic Parliament sits in the Old Royal Palace in Athens | meeting_place = Parliament House (''Alþingishúsið''), [[Reykjavík]] | website = [http://www.althingi.is www.althingi.is] }} The '''Althing''' ({{lang-is|Alþingi}}) is the national [[parliament]] of [[Iceland]]. It is the oldest [[legislature]] in the world that has been abolished and subsequently re-established.<ref>Althingi's English pages: Establishment of the Althing. Althingi Administration. (Press 'English', then 'Timeline') [http://www.althingi.is/kynningarefni/index_en.html]</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Carl Cavanagh H