Lögsögumaður

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Þorgnýr the law speaker demonstrates the power of his office to the King of Sweden in Old Uppsala , 1018 . He not only forces King Olof Skötkonung to accept peace with his enemy, the Norwegian King Olav II. Haraldsson , but also to release his daughter to marry him. (Illustration by C. Krogh).

The Lögsögumaður was the law speaker in old Iceland .

Its job was to recite a third of the laws annually. To do this, he stood on the rock of law ( Lögberg ) in the Allmännerschlucht ( Almannagjá ). Due to the special acoustics in the gorge, it could be heard from afar. He wasn't a judge. However, he led the annual Alþing meeting in Þingvellir . This office was introduced in 930 when the Alþing was founded. The law spokesman was elected for a three-year term.

literature

• Magnus Magnusson: Iceland Saga. The History Press, Stroud 2005 ( Google Books )