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which operated from 1902 to 1912, founded because of discontentedness with a clause in the Icelandic

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that stated that the Icelandic

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should bring up cases in the

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. The clause was in the constitution from 1903 to 1915, at which point the Danish

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ordered that it should be removed. The founders of Landvarnarflokkurinn, who included Einar Benediktsson,

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and

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, were the most radical fighters for Iceland's

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of that time.

References

* ''Íslenska Alfræðiorðabókin H-O. 1990.'' Editors: Dóra Hafsteinsdóttir and Sigríður Harðardóttir. Örn og Örlygur hf., Reykjavík. * ''Íslenska Alfræðiorðabókin P-Ö. 1990.'' Editors: Dóra Hafsteinsdóttir and Sigríður Harðardóttir. Örn og Örlygur hf., Reykjavík. Defunct political parties in Iceland Political parties established in 1902 1902 establishments in Iceland Political parties disestablished in 1912 1912 disestablishments in Iceland {{Iceland-party-stub