This article is a list of political parties in Iceland.

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 ...

has a

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with many

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, in which often no one party has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form

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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.

Active parties, without representation in the Althing

Defunct parties

Best Party The Best Party ( is, Besti flokkurinn) was an Icelandic political party founded by Jón Gnarr on 16 November 2009. The party ran in the 2010 city council election in Reykjavík and won a plurality on the Reykjavík City Council, receiving 34.7% ...

(Besti flokkurinn) * Bright Future (Björt framtið) * Citizens' Movement (Borgarahreyfingin) * Citizen's Party (Borgaraflokkurinn) *

Communist Party A communist party is a political party that seeks to realize the socio-economic goals of communism. The term ''communist party'' was popularized by the title of ''The Manifesto of the Communist Party'' (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. A ...

(Kommúnistaflokkurinn) * Communist Party (Marxist–Leninist) (Kommúnistaflokkurinn (m-l)) *

Democracy Movement The Democracy Movement (DM) is a crossparty Eurosceptic pressure group in the UK with over 320,000 registered supporters and 160 local branches. History The Democracy Movement was founded in 1998 through a merger of the Referendum Movement, a cro ...

(Lýðræðishreyfingin) * Home Rule Party (Heimastjórnarflokkurinn) * Households Party (Flokkur Heimilanna) * Iceland Democratic Party (Lýðræðisvaktin) * Icelandic Movement – Living Land (Íslandshreyfingin – lifandi land) *

Liberal Party The Liberal Party is any of many political parties around the world. The meaning of ''liberal'' varies around the world, ranging from liberal conservatism on the right to social liberalism on the left. __TOC__ Active liberal parties This is a li ...

(Frjálslyndi flokkurinn) * National Awakening (Þjóðvaki) * Nationalist Party (Flokkur Þjóðernissinna) *

National Preservation Party National Preservation Party () was a political party in Iceland. History The party was founded on 15 March 1953 by members of the Progressive Party, Social Democratic Party and Socialist Party.Vincent E McHale (1983) ''Political parties of Eur ...

(Þjóðvarnarflokkurinn) * New Force (Nýtt afl) * Old Independence Party (Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn eldri) * People's Alliance (Alþýðubandalagið) *

People's Unity Party – Socialist Party The People's Unity Party – Socialist Party ( is, Sameiningarflokkur alþýðu – Sósíalistaflokkurinn), generally referred to as the Socialist Party ( is, Sósíalistaflokkurinn), was an Icelandic political party that functioned from 1938 to ...

(Sameiningarflokkur alþýðu - Sósíalistaflokkurinn) *

Rainbow A rainbow is a meteorological phenomenon that is caused by reflection, refraction and dispersion of light in water droplets resulting in a spectrum of light appearing in the sky. It takes the form of a multicoloured circular arc. Rainbows c ...

(Regnboginn) * Right-Green People's Party (Hægri grænir, flokkur fólksins) * Rural Party (Landsbyggðarflokkurinn) *

Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties For ...

(Alþýðuflokkurinn) *

Solidarity ''Solidarity'' is an awareness of shared interests, objectives, standards, and sympathies creating a psychological sense of unity of groups or classes. It is based on class collaboration.''Merriam Webster'', http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictio ...

(Samstaða) *

The Movement The Movement may refer to: Politics * The Movement (Iceland), a political party in Iceland * The Movement (Israel), a political party in Israel, led by Tzipi Livni * Civil rights movement, the African-American political movement * The Movemen ...

(Hreyfingin) *

Union of Liberals and Leftists The Union of Liberals and Leftists () was a social-liberal political party in Iceland. History The party was established in 1970 by dissidents from the People's Alliance who had formerly been members of the National Preservation Party.Vincent E ...

(Samtök frjálslyndra og vinstri manna) *

Women's List The Women's List or Women's Alliance ( is, Samtök um kvennalista), also called Kvennalistinn and abbreviated KL, was a feminist political party in Iceland that took part in national politics from 1983 to 1999. The party held three seats in the p ...

(Kvennalistinn)

References

External links

Icelandic election statistics
{{List of political parties in Europe