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Mr Bergþór ÓLASON (Iceland, ECPA)

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Substitute
Deputy
Centre Party

Althingi - Parliament of Iceland
IS - 150 - Reykjavik
Iceland

Working language: English

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Member: European Conservatives, Patriots & Affiliates since 07/04/2025
  • Member: Group of the European People's Party from 27/06/2018 to 23/01/2022
  • Member: Members not belonging to a Political Group from 22/01/2018 to 26/06/2018

In the Assembly

  • since 07/04/2025 Substitute - Iceland
  • from 22/01/2018 to 23/01/2022 Representative - Iceland

In the committee(s) and sub-committee(s)

  • Full Member: Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (from 22/01/2018 to 23/01/2022)
  • Full Member: Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (from 22/01/2018 to 23/01/2022)
  • Alternate of Ms Sigríður Á. ANDERSEN (Full Member): Committee on Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation (since 09/12/2025)
  • Alternate of Ms Sigríður Á. ANDERSEN (Full Member): Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (since 07/04/2025)
  • Alternate of Ms Sigríður Á. ANDERSEN (Full Member): (Former) Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (from 07/04/2025 to 08/12/2025)

Interventions

Last speeches

29/01/2026 | 11:07:54 Madam President, today Greenland represents one of the most strategically important territories in the world. Its geography, the geographical position between North America and Europe makes it a central pillar in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) defence structure, satellite monitoring and early warning systems. This is not a matter of opinion, but a long-standing strategic reality that has shaped Western defence policy for decades. The United States has maintained a military... 09/04/2019 | 18:41:58 I welcome this discussion on promoting parliaments free of sexism and sexual harassment, but I will strike a somewhat different note from the parliamentarians who talked before me. I am very familiar with the events described in paragraph 44 of the report. Without going into detail, I must say that I hope that the rest of the report is more firmly founded than that part of it. Parliamentarians, despite being a species with limited rights when it comes to private matters, must have certain...

Activities

Reports and committee opinions

Motions, Written Declarations, Questions

20/04/2021 | Doc. 15271 | Motion for a resolution The deployment of mercenaries in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict 16/10/2018 | Doc. 14653 | Motion for a resolution Follow-up to the Azerbaijani Laundromat investigation

Votes on adopted texts

29/01/2026 | Doc. 16334, vote on the draft text for resolution Threats against the international order: the case of Greenland 29/01/2026 | Doc. 16336, vote on the draft text for resolution Political crisis in the broader Middle East: the need to protect human rights and the rights of all minority groups 28/01/2026 | Doc. 16308, vote on the draft text for recommendation Strengthening democracies with young people: from participation to shared responsibility 28/01/2026 | Doc. 16308, vote on the draft text for resolution Strengthening democracies with young people: from participation to shared responsibility 11/10/2018 | Doc. 14622, vote on the draft text for resolution Nuclear safety and security in Europe