The Icelandic National Front ( is, Íslenska þjóðfylkingin) is a

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History

On 27 February 2016, the Right-Green People's Party was disbanded and merged into the party. On 3 March 2016, the National Front reached out to controversial Independence Party member Ásmund Friðriksson, asking him to join the party. On 15 August 2016, the party organized a protest against revisions to Iceland's immigration laws at Austurvöllur square in front of the Parliament building. They participated in the 2016 parliamentary election, only running candidates in the South and Northwest constituencies after failing to obtain ballot access for the remaining four; in part due to two of their senior members, Gústaf Níelsson and Gunnlaugur Ingvarsson, defecting shortly before the election and taking the lists of signatures for the two Reykjavík constituencies with them. The party was due to take part in the 2017 election and had planned on running in the three constituencies in the

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and the South, but withdrew all its lists after false signatures had been discovered on two of them. In August 2017 Gústaf Níelsson and Gunnlaugur Ingvarssons launched a new party Frelsisfokkurinn (the Freedom Party), which attracted members from the Icelandic National Front, although Níelsson shortly thereafter quit politics and moved to Spain.

Policies

The Icelandic National Front aims to defend Iceland's sovereignty and independence and national culture, language and customs. The party is wholly opposed to multiculturalism and wants Iceland out of the Schengen Area. They are in favour of debt adjustment. The party also wishes to introduce a new currency in Iceland that is linked to the

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and it wants to eliminate

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. Furthermore, they want to focus on the interests of the elderly and disabled. Other proposals from the party program include introducing a Swiss-style referendum system. New

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are opposed by the party, although the party claims that the religious freedom as stated in the Icelandic constitution is not opposed. Christian and Nordic culture is supported by the party. The founder and first chairman of the party,

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, said that his opposition against Islam is inspired by

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Electoral results

Parliament

Chairpersons

References

External links

Official website

Icelandic National Front, Party strategy
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