About Landsmot

The history Landsmót reaches back to 1950, when the first such show was held at Þingvellir. At that show 133 horses were presented: breeding stock, first-class riding horses (gæðingar) and racing horses. At that time, there was only one category for gæðingar to compete in - a single class of all-around quality riding horses - besides races and breeding shows.  Subsequently, National Horse Shows were held every four years until the Association of Riding Clubs in Iceland decided at its annual congress in 1995 to stage the national show every second year.  The first show held by those rules was the Landsmót 2000, in Reykjavík.  This is the 6th time that Landsmót is held at Vindheimamelar in Skagafjörður.

In the year 2001 it was decided to establish a company (LLC) to run Landsmot.
The owners are the Farmers Association of Iceland (BÍ), which has a share of 1/3, The Icelandic Equestrian Association (LH) has 2/3 of the ownership. LH is an umbrellaorganization for all the riding clubs in Iceland.

See here: Drawing of the structure of Landsmot
Board members of Landsmot:

Haraldur Þórarinsson Chairman	Sigurbjartur Pálsson	Guðjón Magnússon

Vice members:   Maríanna Gunnarsdóttir	Eyþór Einarsson	Sigurður Ævarsson

General Manager:

 

Haraldur Örn Gunnarsson