The Citizens' Movement ( is, Borgarahreyfingin) 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 ...

, founded in the lead up to the 2009 election. during the

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, which severely affected Iceland. In the election, the Citizens' Movement won 4 out of 63 seats in

Althingi 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 ...

, the Icelandic Parliament. The elected members were *

Þráinn Bertelsson Þráinn Bertelsson (born 30 November 1944) is an Icelandic film director, writer, politician, journalist and newspaper editor. He moved into politics in the wake of the financial crisis in 2008, and was elected a member of the Althing in 2009, i ...

, film director *

Þór Saari Þór Saari (born 9 June 1960) is a former member of parliament of Althing, the Icelandic parliament from 2009–13, representing The Movement (Iceland), The Movement. He was The Movement's chairman, a rotating post, from October 2010 to October ...

, economist *

Margrét Tryggvadóttir Margrét Tryggvadóttir (born 20 March 1972 in Kópavogur) was a member of parliament of the Althing, the Icelandic parliament from 2009-2013 for The Movement and the Citizens' Movement. She was chair of the Movement in 2009–10. She is also no ...

, editor *

Birgitta Jónsdóttir Birgitta Jónsdóttir (born 17 April 1967) is an Icelandic politician, anarchist, poet, and activist. She was a Member of the Althing (MP) for the Southwest Constituency from 2013 to 2017, representing the Pirate Party, having been elected at th ...

, poet, editor and artist The party had no leader, but rather was led collectively by three people each with a different responsibility. The party supported radical change at the government level in response to the recession. On 14 August 2009

left the party to sit as an independent. On 18 September 2009 the remaining three members left the party to create a new party, Hreyfingin (''The Movement''), and so the Citizens' Movement is no longer represented in the Althingi.

Election results

References

External links

Party website of the Citizens' Movement
2009 establishments in Iceland 2012 establishments in Iceland Defunct political parties in Iceland Political parties disestablished in 2012 Political parties established in 2009 {{Iceland-party-stub