List of political parties in Iceland

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This article lists political parties in Iceland. Iceland has a multi-party system with numerous political parties, in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

The parties

Parties currently represented in Alþingi

Name		Abbr.	Ideology	Leader	MPs
	Social Democratic Alliance Samfylkingin	S	Social democracy, Pro-Europeanism	Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir	20
	Independence Party Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn	D	Liberal conservatism, Classical liberalism, Euroscepticism	Bjarni Benediktsson	16
	Left-Green Movement Vinstrihreyfingin - grænt framboð	V	Eco-socialism, Feminism, Euroscepticism	Steingrímur J. Sigfússon	12
	Progressive Party Framsóknarflokkurinn	B	Liberalism, Agrarianism, Nordic agrarianism	Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson	9
	The Movement Hreyfingin	H	Democratic Reform	Þór Saari	3
	Non-partisian Splinter from Left-Green Movement	N/A	Eco-socialism, Feminism, Euroscepticism	Atli Gíslason, Ásmundur Einar Daðason, Lilja Mósesdóttir	3

Parties not represented in Alþingi

• Citizens' Movement (Borgarahreyfingin)
• Reform Party (Framfaraflokkurinn)
• Liberal Party (Frjálslyndi flokkurinn)
• Sovereign Union (Samtök Fullveldissinna)
• The Best Party (Besti flokkurinn)

Defunct parties

• Union of Liberals and Leftists (Samtök frjálslyndra og vinstri manna)
• Citizen's Party (Borgaraflokkurinn)
• Communist Party (Kommúnistaflokkurinn)
• Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist) (Kommúnistaflokkurinn (m-l))
• Home Rule Party (Heimastjórnarflokkurinn)
• Icelandic Movement – Living Land (Íslandshreyfingin – lifandi land)
• National Preservation Party (Þjóðvarnarflokkurinn)
• Nationalist Party (Flokkur Þjóðernissinna)
• New Force (Nýtt afl)
• Old Independence Party (Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn eldri)
• People's Alliance (Alþýðubandalagið)
• People's Unity Party – Socialist Party (Sameiningarflokkur alþýðu - Sósíalistaflokkurinn)
• Social Democratic Party (Alþýðuflokkurinn)
• Women's List (Kvennalistinn)
• Awakening of the Nation (Þjóðvaki)
• Humanist's Party (Húmanistaflokkurinn)

See also

• 2009 Icelandic financial crisis protests
• Politics of Iceland
• List of political parties by country
• Liberalism and centrism in Iceland
• Libertarian Society of Iceland

External links

• NSD: European Election Database - Political parties of Iceland