Klaustur Affair

The Klaustur Affair,[1] also known in Iceland as Klaustur Recordings[2] (Klaustursupptökurnar) or Klausturgate[3] was a political affair in Iceland that sparked public debate and protests in Iceland since late November 2018. It was triggered by audio recordings of conversations between Althing Icelandic parliamentarians, which were secretly recorded on 20 November 2018 in Bar Klaustur in Reykjavík and subsequently leaked to the media. The records contain offensive and sexist statements about female members of parliament and revealing the appointment of an ambassador as a political favour.

Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson in 2016.

Events

On the evening of 20 November 2018, parliamentarian and former Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson from the Centre Party, his party friends Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson, Anna Kolbrún Árnadóttir and Bergþór Ólason, and Karl Gauti Hjaltason and Ólafur Ísleifsson from the People's Party made rude and sexist comments and were secretly recorded and leaked to the media.[4]

References
  1. "Protests Outside Alþingi on Iceland's Centenary". Iceland Review. 2018-12-02. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  2. "Klaustursupptökurnar áfall og orðbragðið engum sæmandi". www.frettabladid.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  3. "Stólpagrín gert að Klausturgate á Twitter". www.frettabladid.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  4. "From Iceland — Recording Of Icelandic Male MPs Speaking Misogynistically About Women Colleagues Leaked". The Reykjavik Grapevine. 2018-11-29. Retrieved 2022-03-15.


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