The Farmers' Party () was a political party in
Iceland
Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...
between 1933 and 1942.
History
The party was formed in 1922 as a split from the
Progressive Party, which had been formed by a merger of the original
Farmers' Party and the
Independent Farmers.
Dieter Nohlen
Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An ex ...
& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p965 Its founders sought to establish a party that represented the interests of farmers, rather than appealing to the broader electorate.
[Vincent E McHale (1983) ''Political parties of Europe'', Greenwood Press, p520 ]
In the
1934 elections it won two seats in the Lower House and one seat in the Upper House of the
Althing
The (; ), anglicised as Althingi or Althing, is the Parliamentary sovereignty, supreme Parliament, national parliament of Iceland. It is the oldest surviving parliament in the world. The Althing was founded in 930 at ('Thing (assembly), thing ...
. It retained its two Lower House seats in the
1937 elections
The following elections occurred in the year 1937.
Asia
* 1937 Philippine local elections
* 1937 Iranian legislative election
* 1937 Soviet Union legislative election
India
* 1937 Indian provincial elections
* 1937 Madras Presidency legislative a ...
, but lost its seat in the Upper House. It was dissolved in 1942.
[McHale, p521]
References
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Defunct political parties in Iceland
Political parties established in 1933
Political parties disestablished in 1942
Agrarian parties in Iceland
Defunct agrarian political parties