The Danish government re-establishes the Althing in…

The Danish government re-establishes the Althing in Iceland as an advisory body, by royal decree, on March 8, 1843.

The Alþingi (parliament (Icelandic) and anglicised as Althingi or Althing), is the oldest parliament in the world.

The Althing had been founded in 930 at Þingvellir ("thing fields"), situated approximately 45 kilometers (twenty-eight miles) east of what later became the country's capital, Reykjavík.

Even after Iceland's union with Norway in 1262, the Althing still held its sessions at Þingvellir until 1800, when it was discontinued.

Elections will held the following year and the assembly will finally met on July 1, 1845 in Reykjavík.

Some Icelandic nationalists (the Fjölnir group) do not want Reykjavík as the location for the newly established Althing due to the perception that the city is too influenced by Danes.

Jón Sigurðsson claims that the situating of the Althing in Reykjavík will help make the city Icelandic.