Long before modern democracies, before constitutions or elections as we know them, a society of Viking settlers gathered in a windswept valley to create laws, settle disputes, and govern themselves without a monarch. 

Against the odds, this institution endured for over a thousand years, in various forms, shaping a nation and influencing ideas about law and representation.

It wasn’t just one of the first parliaments ever created; it helped define what governance could look like. 

Learn more about the Icelandic Althing, one of the oldest and most influential political institutions in history, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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