Iceland’s Parliament hall gets LED lighting
Translated from Icelandic and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Iceland’s Parliament will open its 158th legislative session on September 8 in the usual manner.
- The Parliament House received LED lighting during summer maintenance, including in the debating chamber.
- The change is described as one of the building’s biggest alterations since electricity was installed more than a century ago.
Iceland’s Parliament House has received a major lighting upgrade ahead of the opening of the Alþingi’s 158th legislative session.
The session will begin on Tuesday, September 8, following the traditional ceremony. During the summer, workers carried out maintenance and preparations in the building, according to Alþingi office manager Sverrir Jónsson.
The most notable change is the replacement of the building’s lighting with LED fixtures, including in the debating chamber. The article describes it as probably the biggest change since electricity was installed in Parliament House more than a century ago, likely in 1923, shortly after Reykjavík’s general power supply began operating through the Elliðaár station.
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Originally published by Morgunblaðið in Icelandic. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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