The Movement ( is, Hreyfingin) was a political movement in Iceland. It had three

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in the Icelandic Parliament, the

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. All of them were former Citizens' Movement (CM) MPs. *

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 original Citizen's Movement had four members of parliament. However, since one MP,

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 ...

, had already left the party in the summer of 2009, none remain. On March 18, 2012, it merged with Citizens' Movement and the

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to form a new political party called

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References

External links

Party website
2009 establishments in Iceland 2012 disestablishments in Iceland Defunct political parties in Iceland Political parties disestablished in 2012 Political parties established in 2009 {{Iceland-poli-stub