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saraid216 on July 4, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Bill before Icelandic Parliament to grant Edward S...

I'm pretty sure that's not remotely true. What year are you thinking of?

rdl on July 4, 2013 | [–]

930 AD. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Althing

It's the oldest currently extant parliament. Ancient Greece doesn't count. England may or may not count (from 1215); UK since 1707 and UKoGBaNI is since 1800.

shrikant on July 4, 2013 | [–]

Oldest extant parliamentary institution in the world. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Althing

Standard pub quizzing trivia ;)

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