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    Iceland's democracy is believed to be the oldest in the world: the country's parliament, Althing, sat for the first time in 930, making it the“grandfather” of modern parliaments.

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    This has not happened since the republic was founded in 1944, but in 1942 regent Sveinn Björnsson, who had been installed in that position by the Althing in 1941, appointed a non-parliamentary government.

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    This has never happened since the republic was founded in 1944, but in 1942 the regent of the country(Sveinn Björnsson, who had been installed in that position by the Althing in 1941) did appoint a non-parliamentary government.

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    This has not happened since the republic was founded in 1944, but in 1942, the regent of the country, Sveinn Björnsson, who had been installed in that position by the Althing in 1941 did appoint a non-parliamentary government.

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    The cabinet is appointed by the president after general elections to Althing; however, this process is usually conducted by the leaders of the political parties, who decide among themselves after discussions which parties can form the cabinet and how its seats are to be distributed under the condition that it has a majority support in Althing.

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