List of political parties in Iceland

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 partiesEdit

Parliamentary representation from October 2017Edit

Eight parties were elected at the October 2017 election. The box below shows the distribution of seats in the incumbent parliament.^[1]

	List	Ideology	Spectrum	Leader	MPs
Progressive Party Framsóknarflokkurinn	B	Agrarianism, Euroscepticism, Populism	Centre-right	Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson	8
Independence Party Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn	D	Liberal conservatism, Economic liberalism, Euroscepticism	Centre-right to right-wing	Bjarni Benediktsson	16
Left-Green Movement Vinstri græn	V	Democratic socialism, Eco-socialism, Euroscepticism, Feminism, Pacifism	Centre-left to left-wing	Katrín Jakobsdóttir (Prime Minister)	11
Centre Party Miðflokkurinn	M	Populism, Euroscepticism	Centre-right	Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson	7
Social Democratic Alliance Samfylkingin	S	Social democracy, Pro-Europeanism, Feminism^[2]	Centre-left	Logi Már Einarsson	7
Pirate Party Pírataflokkurinn	P	Pirate politics, Direct democracy	Syncretic	Þórhildur Sunna Ævarsdóttir	6
Reform Party Viðreisn	C	Economic liberalism, Green liberalism, Pro-Europeanism	Centre-right	Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir	4
People's Party Flokkur Fólksins	F	Anti-immigration, Populism, Disability rights	Centre-left to right-wing	Inga Sæland	4

Active parties, without representation in the AlthingEdit

English name^[3]	Icelandic name^[4]	List^[4]	Website^[4]
Bright Future	Björt framtíð	A
Dawn	Dögun	T
Freedom Party	Frelsisflokkurinn	Þ
Humanist Party	Húmanistaflokkurinn	H
Icelandic National Front	Íslenska þjóðfylkingin	E	www.x-e.is
People's Front of Iceland	Alþýðufylkingin	R	www.althydufylkingin.is
Icelandic Socialist Party	Sósíalistaflokkur Íslands	J	www.sosialistaflokkurinn.is

Defunct PartiesEdit

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)

ReferencesEdit

^ "Icelandic parliamentary election - 2017". icelandmonitor.mbl.is. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
^ 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)
^ ^a ^b ^c "Website publishing candidate lists and election news for the parties participating in the 2013 parliamentary election".

External linksEdit

Icelandic election statistics

[1] "Icelandic parliamentary election - 2017". icelandmonitor.mbl.is. Retrieved 2017-11-01.

[Reykjavík_Grapevine's_Election_Guide_2013-2] The Reykjavík Grapevine's Election Guide 2013 (scanned version) (Html version

[English_name_of_Icelandic_parties-3] The Reykjavík Grapevine's Election Guide 2013 (scanned version) (Html version Archived 2013-05-02 at the Wayback Machine)

[Parties_in_the_2013_parliamentary_elections-4] "Website publishing candidate lists and election news for the parties participating in the 2013 parliamentary election".

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