A look up the ramp from the larger courtroom toward the smaller courtroom, the conference chamber and the office of the President of the Supreme Court. To the right there are paintings of the first justices of the Supreme Court, Kristján Jónsson, President of the Court, Halldór Daníelsson, Eggert Briem, Lárus H. Bjarnason and Páll Einarsson. The first three men had been the judges of the National High Court, which operated throughout the 19th century but was abolished with the founding of the Supreme Court of Iceland in 1920. The National High Court was the second judicial level in Iceland, but its judgements could be appealed to the Supreme Court of Denmark in Copenhagen. Farther along, a painting of Dr. Einar Arnórsson, Supreme Court Justice 1932-1945, can be seen. He twice held the position of a government