Parliament dissolved on April 14, 1931 # 55106
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The parliament was dissolved on April 14, 1931. Haraldur Matthíasson convened.
Few events in the country's political history in this century have caused more uproar than the dissolution of parliament on April 14, 1931. Then the People's Party stopped granting neutrality to the Progressive Party government and reached an agreement with the Independence Party on a change in the electoral district structure, which the Progressive Party would not agree to. The Independence Party expressed no confidence in the government and the People's Party expressed support for it. With the approval of the no-confidence motion, the government would have to leave. Then it happened unexpectedly that Tryggvi Þórhallsson took a break from the agenda at the beginning of the parliamentary session and read out a royal letter on the dissolution of parliament. There was a great uproar in the hall, members of parliament jumped out of their seats, big words were spoken and the opposition considered the dissolution of parliament to be a violation of the constitution. The meeting in the united Althingi was to begin at 1 o'clock. Haraldur Matthíasson, the author of the book and then secretary of the Althingi, came in a few minutes earlier and sat in the secretary's chair.
Haraldur Matthíasson writes here the story of the Þingrofsmál in 1931. The book is a unique source about these events, written by a meticulous eyewitness.
Few events in the country's political history in this century have caused more uproar than the dissolution of parliament on April 14, 1931. Then the People's Party stopped granting neutrality to the Progressive Party government and reached an agreement with the Independence Party on a change in the electoral district structure, which the Progressive Party would not agree to. The Independence Party expressed no confidence in the government and the People's Party expressed support for it. With the approval of the no-confidence motion, the government would have to leave. Then it happened unexpectedly that Tryggvi Þórhallsson took a break from the agenda at the beginning of the parliamentary session and read out a royal letter on the dissolution of parliament. There was a great uproar in the hall, members of parliament jumped out of their seats, big words were spoken and the opposition considered the dissolution of parliament to be a violation of the constitution. The meeting in the united Althingi was to begin at 1 o'clock. Haraldur Matthíasson, the author of the book and then secretary of the Althingi, came in a few minutes earlier and sat in the secretary's chair.
Haraldur Matthíasson writes here the story of the Þingrofsmál in 1931. The book is a unique source about these events, written by a meticulous eyewitness.