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The Icelandic parliament is called the Al\u00feingi<\/strong>, and dates back to the year 930, not long after the settling of Iceland. People met for two weeks in the summer at \u00deingvellir<\/strong> to settle disputes, hear the laws in effect at the time or adopt new laws. With parliamentary elections in Iceland coming up this week, I thought it might be nice to go over some vocabulary related to voting and elections, as well as look at the major parties running for seats in the legislature.<\/p>\n What would elections be without polls? You may see the following phrase every other day in the Icelandic news, with large swings in support among the major parties leading up to election day:<\/p>\n “Samkv\u00e6mt n\u00fdrri k\u00f6nnun…”<\/strong> – “According to a recent poll…”<\/p>\n Electorate-wise, Iceland is broken up into six geographical regions, or kj\u00f6rd\u00e6mi<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Reykjav\u00edkurkj\u00f6rd\u00e6mi nor\u00f0ur<\/strong><\/span> An attempt is made to balance the number of representatives from each district so that the lesser populated regions of the country still have adequate representation in the Al\u00feingi, which has a total of 63 seats. The conjugation of kj\u00f3sa<\/strong> is irregular, similar to others with -j\u00f3-<\/strong> in the root like bj\u00f3\u00f0a<\/strong>, sj\u00f3\u00f0a<\/strong> and brj\u00f3ta<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The word “party” in the political sense is flokkur<\/strong> – you will see this as part of several of the names of Icelandic political parties.<\/p>\n flokkur<\/strong> can also have the meaning of follower<\/em>.<\/p>\n Here is a list of the main parties running for office in this election, along with the relevant vocabulary related to their names:<\/p>\n Frams\u00f3knarflokkurinn<\/strong>\t–\tThe Progressive Party Some colorful party names:<\/p>\n H\u00e6gri gr\u00e6nir<\/strong>\t\t–\tRight Green And a few more parties (there are many candidates this year):<\/p>\n Sturla J\u00f3nsson<\/strong>\t\t–\tSturla Jonsson Vocabulary related to voting and elections:<\/p>\n All about the Al\u00feingi<\/a> The Icelandic parliament is called the Al\u00feingi, and dates back to the year 930, not long after the settling of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[3],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/islenzka.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1996"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/islenzka.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/islenzka.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islenzka.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islenzka.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1996"}],"version-history":[{"count":69,"href":"https:\/\/islenzka.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2067,"href":"https:\/\/islenzka.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1996\/revisions\/2067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/islenzka.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islenzka.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islenzka.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nNorthern Reykjav\u00edk
\nReykjav\u00edkurkj\u00f6rd\u00e6mi su\u00f0ur<\/strong><\/span>
\nSouthern Reykjav\u00edk
\nSu\u00f0vesturkj\u00f6rd\u00e6mi<\/strong><\/span>
\nSouthwest – includes K\u00f3pavogur and Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur
\nNor\u00f0vesturkj\u00f6rd\u00e6mi<\/strong><\/span>
\nNorthwest – includes Akranes and \u00cdsafj\u00f6r\u00f0ur
\nNor\u00f0austurkj\u00f6rd\u00e6mi<\/strong><\/span>
\nNortheast – includes Akureyri
\nSu\u00f0urkj\u00f6rd\u00e6mi<\/strong><\/span>
\nSouth – includes Keflav\u00edk and Selfoss<\/p>\n
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\n a\u00f0 kj\u00f3sa – to elect, vote<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/th>\n present<\/th>\n past<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n \n \u00e9g<\/th>\n k\u00fds<\/td>\n kaus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n \u00fe\u00fa<\/th>\n k\u00fdst<\/td>\n kaust<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n \u00fea\u00f0<\/th>\n k\u00fds<\/td>\n kaus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n vi\u00f0<\/th>\n kj\u00f3sum<\/td>\n kusum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n \u00fei\u00f0<\/th>\n kj\u00f3si\u00f0<\/td>\n kusu\u00f0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n \u00feau<\/th>\n kj\u00f3sa<\/td>\n kusu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n \n
\n flokkur (m) – group, party<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/th>\n singular<\/th>\n plural<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n \n nom<\/th>\n flokkur<\/td>\n flokkar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n acc<\/th>\n flokk<\/p>\n flokka<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n dat<\/th>\n flokki<\/td>\n flokkum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n gen<\/th>\n flokks<\/td>\n flokka<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
\nSj\u00e1lfst\u00e6\u00f0isflokkurinn<\/strong>\t–\tThe Independence Party
\nLandsbygg\u00f0arflokkurinn<\/strong>\t–\tThe Provincial Party
\nH\u00famanistaflokkurinn<\/strong>\t–\tThe Humanist Party
\nFlokkur heimilanna<\/strong>\t–\tHousehold Party<\/p>\n\r\nfram\u00b7s\u00f3kn f (-ar)\tadvance, progress\r\nsj\u00e1lf\u00b7st\u00e6\u00f0i n (-s)\tindependence\r\nlands\u00b7bygg\u00f0 f (-ar)\tcountry, countryside\r\nheimili n (-s,-)\thome, household\r\n<\/pre>\n
\nVinstri gr\u00e6n<\/strong>\t\t–\tLeft-Green
\nRegnboginn<\/strong>\t\t–\tRainbow
\nBj\u00f6rt framt\u00ed\u00f0<\/strong>\t\t–\tBright Future<\/p>\n
\nL\u00fd\u00f0r\u00e6\u00f0isvaktin<\/strong>\t\t–\tDemocracy Watch
\nAl\u00fe\u00fd\u00f0ufylkingin<\/strong>\t–\tPeople’s Front of Iceland
\nSamfylkingin<\/strong>\t\t–\tSocial Democratic Alliance
\nD\u00f6gun<\/strong>\t\t\t–\tDawn
\nP\u00edratar<\/strong>\t\t–\tPirate<\/p>\n\r\nl\u00fd\u00f0\u00b7r\u00e6\u00f0i n (-s)\t\tdemocracy\r\nvakt f (-ar,-ir)\tshift, watch\r\nal\u00b7\u00fe\u00fd\u00f0\/a f (-u)\t\tthe people (nation)\r\nfylking f (-ar,-ar)\talliance, party\r\nd\u00f6gun f (-ar)\t\tdawn, daybreak\r\n<\/pre>\n
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\n\r\nAl\u00b7\u00feingi n (-s)\t\t\t\tAlthing (parliament)\r\nkosning f (-ar,-ar)\t\t\telection\r\nkj\u00f6r n (-s,-)\t\t\t\telection\r\nfram\u00b7bo\u00f0 n (-s,-)\t\t\tcandidacy\r\nkj\u00f6r\u00b7d\u00e6mi n (-s,-)\t\t\tconstituency\r\nkj\u00f6r\u00b7se\u00f0\/ill m (-ils,-lar)\t\tballot (paper)\r\nflokk\/ur m (-s,-ar)\t\t\tparty\r\nhreyfing f (-ar,-ar)\t\t\tmovement\r\n\u00feingma\u00f0ur m (-manns,-menn)\t\tmember of parliament\r\nsko\u00f0ana\/k\u00f6nnun f (-ar, kannanir)\tpoll, survey\r\nkj\u00f3s\/andi m (-anda,-endur)\t\tvoter\r\nat\u00b7kv\u00e6\u00f0i n (-s,-)\t\t\tvote\r\ngrei\u00f0a atkv\u00e6\u00f0i me\u00f0 + dative\t\tvote for something\r\n\u00far\u00b7slit n pl\t\t\t\toutcome, result\r\nemb\u00e6tti n (-s,-)\t\t\tposition, office\r\n<\/pre>\n
\nMain election page on R\u00daV – X13<\/a>
\nFurther information in English from Wikipedia – List of political parties in Iceland<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"