List of political parties in Iceland
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This article is a list of political parties in Iceland. Iceland has a multi-party system with many political parties, in which often no one party has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.
Political parties[]
Parliamentary representation from September 2021[]
Eight parties were elected at the September 2021 election. The box below shows the distribution of seats in the incumbent parliament.
Party | Election symbol |
Ideology | Spectrum | Leader | MPs | ||
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Independence Party Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn |
D | Liberal conservatism, Economic liberalism, Euroscepticism | Centre-right to right-wing |
Bjarni Benediktsson | 16 / 63
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Progressive Party Framsóknarflokkurinn |
B | Agrarianism, Euroscepticism, Populism | Centre-right | Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson | 13 / 63
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Left-Green Movement Vinstri græn |
V | Democratic socialism, Eco-socialism, Euroscepticism, Feminism, Pacifism | Centre-left to left-wing |
Katrín Jakobsdóttir (Prime Minister) |
8 / 63
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Social Democratic Alliance Samfylkingin |
S | Social democracy, Pro-Europeanism, Feminism[1] | Centre-left | Logi Már Einarsson | 6 / 63
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People's Party Flokkur Fólksins |
F | Populism, Disability rights | Centre-left to right-wing |
Inga Sæland | 6 / 63
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Pirate Party Pírataflokkurinn |
P | Pirate politics, Direct democracy | Syncretic | None | 6 / 63
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Reform Party Viðreisn |
C | Economic liberalism, Green liberalism, Pro-Europeanism | Centre-right | Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir | 5 / 63
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Centre Party Miðflokkurinn |
M | Populism, Euroscepticism | Centre-right | Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson | 3 / 63
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Active parties, without representation in the Althing[]
Party[2] | Ideology | Election symbol[3] | ||
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Bright Future Björt framtíð |
Liberalism | A | ||
Dawn Dögun |
Populism | T | ||
Freedom Party Frelsisflokkurinn |
Right-wing nationalism | Þ | ||
Humanist Party Húmanistaflokkurinn |
Humanist Movement | H | ||
Icelandic National Front Íslenska þjóðfylkingin |
Right-wing populism | E | ||
People's Front of Iceland Alþýðufylkingin |
Anti-capitalism | R | ||
Icelandic Socialist Party Sósíalistaflokkur Íslands |
Socialism | J | ||
Liberal Democratic Party Frjálslyndi lýðræðisflokkurinn |
Classical liberalism | O | ||
Responsible Future Ábyrg framtíð |
Anti-vaccinationism | Y |
Defunct parties[]
- Best Party (Besti flokkurinn)
- Citizens' Movement (Borgarahreyfingin)
- Citizen's Party (Borgaraflokkurinn)
- Communist Party (Kommúnistaflokkurinn)
- Communist Party (Marxist–Leninist) (Kommúnistaflokkurinn (m-l))
- Democracy Movement (Lýðræðishreyfingin)
- Home Rule Party (Heimastjórnarflokkurinn)
- Households Party (Flokkur Heimilanna)
- Iceland Democratic Party (Lýðræðisvaktin)
- Icelandic Movement – Living Land (Íslandshreyfingin – lifandi land)
- Liberal Party (Frjálslyndi flokkurinn)
- National Awakening (Þjóðvaki)
- Nationalist Party (Flokkur Þjóðernissinna)
- National Preservation Party (Þjóðvarnarflokkurinn)
- New Force (Nýtt afl)
- Old Independence Party (Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn eldri)
- People's Alliance (Alþýðubandalagið)
- People's Unity Party – Socialist Party (Sameiningarflokkur alþýðu - Sósíalistaflokkurinn)
- Rainbow (Iceland) (Regnboginn)
- Right-Green People's Party (Hægri grænir, flokkur fólksins)
- Rural Party (Iceland) (Landsbyggðarflokkurinn)
- Social Democratic Party (Alþýðuflokkurinn)
- Solidarity (Samstaða)
- The Movement (Hreyfingin)
- Union of Liberals and Leftists (Samtök frjálslyndra og vinstri manna)
- Women's List (Kvennalistinn)
See also[]
- Politics of Iceland
- List of political parties by country
References[]
- ^ The Reykjavík Grapevine's Election Guide 2013 (scanned version) (Html version
- ^ The Reykjavík Grapevine's Election Guide 2013 (scanned version) (Html version Archived 2013-05-02 at the Wayback Machine)
- ^ "Website publishing candidate lists and election news for the parties participating in the 2013 parliamentary election".
External links[]
Categories:
- Lists of political parties by country
- Political parties in Iceland
- Iceland politics-related lists
- Lists of organizations based in Iceland
- Lists of political parties in Europe