In 930AD Iceland placed legislative and judical power in the hands of the 36 goar (chieftains).

They commissioned ULfljotr of Lon to go to Norway to seek the he lp of his uncle, rleifr Hra-Krason the wise, and he adapted the Gulathing Law (the la w of the Gula District) for use in Iceland. Upon his return, the Althing was es tablished. The 36 godar elected a lawspeaker (lgsgumar) for a renewable term of three years. We have records of the lawspeakers from 930 through the end of the Republic in 1 262-1264. lfljtr of Lon (ca. 930s) Hrafn Ketil-Hngsson (930-949) rarin Oleifsson (950-969) rgeirr ljsvetningagoi rkelson (985-1001) orkell mni orsteinsson (970-984) Grmr Svertingsson of Mosfell (1002-1003) Skapti roddsson (1004-1030) Steinn rgestsson (1031-1033) rkell Tjrvason (1034-1053) Blverkur Eyjlfsson (1050-1064) Gellir Blverksson (1053-1062) Gunnar spaki rgrmsson (1063-1065) Kolbeinn Flosason (1066-1071) Blverkur Eyjlfsson (1072-1074) Gellir Blverksson (1072-1074) Gunnar spaki rgrmsson (1075) Sighvat Surtsson (1076-1083) Marks Skeggjason (1084-1107) lfhinn Gunnarsson (1108-1116) Bergrr Hrafnsson (1117-1122) Gumundr Gumundsson (1123-1134) Hrafn lfhinsson (1135-1138) Snorri Hnbogason (1156-1170) Styrkr Oddason (1171-1180) Gissur Hallsson (1181-1202) Snorri Sturluson (1215-1218) Teitur rvaldsson (1219-1221) Snorri Sturluson (1222-1231) Teitur rvaldsson (1236-1247) Ketill orlksson (1259-1262) Sturla rdarson (1272-1276) People I have tenatively identified as possibly having been law-speaker: rsteinn goi rkelsson (b. 945) Kolbeinn Flosason (b. 1015) Gumundr rgeirsson (b. 1070), Ari rgilsson prestr hinn fri (ca. 1120's) Haflii Msson Eight-Fingers (b. 1050, d. 1130 - ca. 1130's) Jn Loftsson the Womanizer (b. 1124, d. 1197 - ca. 1140's) After these, the Norwegian crown banned the Aling and the names of later law-spea kers, if any such were elected, are unrecorded.