Árni Steinar Jóhannsson

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Árni Steinar.
Árni Steinar Jóhannsson
(ÁSJ)
Fourth Deputy Speaker of the Althing
In office
8 June 1999 – 10 May 2003
Preceded byGuðmundur Árni Stefánsson
Succeeded byJóhanna Sigurðardóttir
Member of the Althing
In office
8 May 1999 – 10 May 2003
ConstituencyNortheastern
Personal details
Born(1953-06-12)12 June 1953
Dalvík, Iceland
Died1 November 2015(2015-11-01) (aged 62)
Dalvík, Iceland
Political partyLeft-Green Movement

Árni Steinar Jóhannsson (12 June 1953 – 1 November 2015) was an Icelandic politician and member of the Althing.[1] A member of the Left-Green Movement, he represented the Northeastern constituency from May 1999 to May 2003.[2]

Árni was born on 12 June 1953 in Dalvík.[1][3] He was the son of fisherman Jóhann Helgason and shopkeeper Valrós Árnadóttir.[1][4] His father was amongst several sailors who were killed during a severe blizzard off northern Iceland on 9 April 1963.[3][4] Árni was the first cousin of Althing member Sigríður Anna Þórðardóttir.[1] After obtaining a general education diploma in Dalvík in 1969, Árni moved to the US to study at the Memorial High School in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.[1] He then studied at an agricultural college (1971–1974) and at the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University in Copenhagen (1974–1979).[1][4] He was a Horticultural Director (1979–1986) and Environmental Director (1986–1999) for the municipality of Akureyri.[1][4]

Árni was substitute member of the Althing for Steingrímur J. Sigfússon in November 1996 and from October 1998 to November 1998, and for Jón Bjarnason from October 2003 to November 2003 and in October 2006.[2] He was elected to the Althing at the 1999 parliamentary election.[1][5] He was Fourth Deputy Speaker of the Althing from June 1999 to May 2003.[6][7]

After leaving the Althing, Árni was the Environmental Director for the municipality of Fjarðabyggð until his death.[4][8] He was on the board of energy company RARIK from 2008 to 2014 and served as its chairman from 2009 to 20141.[4][7] He died on 1 November 2015 at a nursing home in Dalvík due to cancer.[4][5] He never married and had no children.[4]

Electoral history of Árni Steinar Jóhannsson
Election Constituency Party Votes Result
1991 parliamentary[9] Northwestern National Party Not elected
1991 parliamentary[10] Northeastern National Party and Humanist Party Not elected
1995 parliamentary[11] Northeastern People's Alliance 2,726 Not elected
1999 parliamentary[12] Northeastern Left-Green Movement 3,476 Elected
2003 parliamentary[13] Northwest Left-Green Movement 1,326.7 Not elected

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Þingmenn: Alþingismannatal - Æviágrip þingmanna frá 1845 - Árni Steinar Jóhannsson" (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland: Althing. Archived from the original on 8 December 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Þingmenn: Alþingismannatal - Æviágrip þingmanna frá 1845 - Þingseta - Árni Steinar Jóhannsson - þingsetutímabil og embætti" (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland: Althing. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Andlát". Árgangur (in Icelandic). Vol. 39, no. 11. Dalvík, Iceland. 25 November 2015. p. 6. ISSN 1670-4096. Retrieved 18 November 2024 – via Timarit.is.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h "Andlát: Árni Steinar Jóhannsson". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland. 3 November 2015. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  5. ^ a b Lára Ómarsdóttir (3 November 2015). "Árni Steinar Jóhannsson látinn". RÚV (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  6. ^ "Þingmenn: Forsetar Alþingis - Forsetatal - Forsetar Alþingis frá 1991" (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland: Althing. Archived from the original on 11 November 2023. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  7. ^ a b Kolbeinn Tumi Daðason (3 November 2015). "Minntust Árna Steinars". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  8. ^ "Árni Steinar Jóhannsson er látinn" (in Icelandic). Fjarðabyggð, Iceland: Fjarðabyggð Municipality. 3 November 2015. Archived from the original on 29 May 2024.
  9. ^ Alþingiskosningar 25. apríl 1987 (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland: Statistics Iceland. 1987. p. 46. Retrieved 18 November 2024 – via Timarit.is.
  10. ^ Alþingiskosningar 1991 (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland: Statistics Iceland. 1994. p. 43. ISBN 9979-817-12-7. Retrieved 18 November 2024 – via Timarit.is.
  11. ^ Alþingiskosningar 1995 (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland: Statistics Iceland. 1995. p. 76. ISBN 9979-817-31-3. Retrieved 18 November 2024 – via Timarit.is.
  12. ^ Alþingiskosningar 1999 (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland: Statistics Iceland. 2002. p. 72. ISBN 9979-770-04-X. Retrieved 18 November 2024 – via Timarit.is.
  13. ^ "Alþingiskosningar 10. maí 2003" (PDF). Hagtíðindi (in Icelandic). Vol. 89, no. 62. Reykjavík, Iceland: Statistics Iceland. 27 December 2004. p. 24. ISSN 0019-1078. Retrieved 18 November 2024.