The Farmers' Party ( is, Bændaflokkur) was a political party in

Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...

between 1933 and 1942.

History

The party was formed in 1922 as a split from the Progressive Party, which had been formed by a merger of the original Farmers' Party and the Independent Farmers.

Dieter Nohlen Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An expe ...

& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p965 Its founders sought to establish a party that represented the interests of farmers, rather than appealing to the broader electorate.Vincent E McHale (1983) ''Political parties of Europe'', Greenwood Press, p520 In the 1934 elections it won two seats in the Lower House and one seat in the Upper House of the

Althing The Alþingi (''general meeting'' in Icelandic, , anglicised as ' or ') is the supreme national parliament of Iceland. It is one of the oldest surviving parliaments in the world. The Althing was founded in 930 at ("thing fields" or "assembly ...

. It retained its two Lower House seats in the 1937 elections, but lost its seat in the Upper House. It was dissolved in 1942.McHale, p521

References

{{Authority control Defunct political parties in Iceland Political parties established in 1933 Political parties disestablished in 1942 Nordic agrarian parties