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 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
		Independence Party Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn	D	Liberal conservatism, Economic liberalism, Euroscepticism	Centre-right to right-wing	Bjarni Benediktsson	16 / 63
		Progressive Party Framsóknarflokkurinn	B	Liberal conservatism, Agrarianism, Euroscepticism	Centre to centre-right	Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson	13 / 63
		Left-Green Movement Vinstri græn	V	Democratic socialism, Eco-socialism, Euroscepticism, Pacifism	Centre-left to left-wing	Katrín Jakobsdóttir (Prime Minister)	8 / 63
		Social Democratic Alliance Samfylkingin	S	Social democracy, Pro-Europeanism, Feminism	Centre-left	Logi Már Einarsson	6 / 63
		People's Party Flokkur Fólksins	F	Populism, Disability rights	Centre-left to left-wing	Inga Sæland	6 / 63
		Pirate Party Pírataflokkurinn	P	Pirate politics, Direct democracy	Syncretic	None	6 / 63
		Liberal Reform Party Viðreisn	C	Economic liberalism, Green liberalism, Pro-Europeanism	Centre to centre-right	Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir	5 / 63
		Centre Party Miðflokkurinn	M	Conservatism, Populism, Euroscepticism	Centre-right	Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson	3 / 63

Active parties, without representation in the Althing

Party			Ideology	Election symbol
		Freedom Party Frelsisflokkurinn	Right-wing nationalism	Þ
		Humanist Party Húmanistaflokkurinn	Humanism	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)
• Bright Future (Björt framtið)
• Citizens' Movement (Borgarahreyfingin)
• Citizen's Party (Borgaraflokkurinn)
• Communist Party (Kommúnistaflokkurinn)
• Communist Party (Marxist–Leninist) (Kommúnistaflokkurinn (m-l))
• Democracy Movement (Lýðræðishreyfingin)
• Dawn (Dögun)
• 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 (Regnboginn)
• Right-Green People's Party (Hægri grænir, flokkur fólksins)
• Rural Party (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

External links

• Icelandic election statistics