The Democracy Movement ( is, Lýðræðishreyfingin) was an

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 ...

political movement A political movement is a collective attempt by a group of people to change government policy or social values. Political movements are usually in opposition to an element of the status quo, and are often associated with a certain ideology. Some t ...

that was established in 1998. In the

2009 Icelandic parliamentary election Snap parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 25 April 2009, following strong pressure from the public as a result of the Icelandic financial crisis. The Social Democratic Alliance and the Left-Green Movement, which formed the outgoing ...

it received 0.6% of the vote and is thus the second largest party not in parliament.

Election results

Post-mortem

The party has ceased to exist after the 2009 election. On 29 January 2013, spurred by the ruling made by the

EFTA court The EFTA Court is a supranational judicial body responsible for the three EFTA members who are also members of the European Economic Area (EEA): Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. As members of the EEA, the three countries participate in the E ...

in the

Icesave dispute The Icesave dispute was a diplomatic dispute between Iceland, and the Netherlands and the United Kingdom that began after the privately owned Icelandic bank Landsbanki was placed in receivership on 7 October 2008. As ''Landsbanki'' was one of ...

, the founder of the party helped to start a petition calling for the MPs previously having supported the ''Icesave bills'', now to withdraw from the parliament. At the bottom of the petition a note stated it had been powered by the domain of ''Democracy Movement''. The party however no longer exist as a party, as they no longer gather to yearly congress meetings - and also stopped running the website of the party.

References

1998 establishments in Iceland 2009 disestablishments in Iceland Defunct political parties in Iceland Political parties established in 1998 Political parties disestablished in 2009 {{Iceland-poli-stub

Election results

Post-mortem

See also

References