The Sovereign Union ( Icelandic: ''Samtök Fullveldissinna'') is an Icelandic political organization founded on 12 May 2009. Sometimes it is also referred to as the Coalition for the Sovereignty of Iceland, and during the four months from January - April 2009 it was also referred to as the L-List of Sovereignty Supporters ( is, L-listi Fullveldissinna) - although at that point of time it was not established as a party but only worked as a coalition of independent candidates. Ahead of the establishment of the party, the founders of the party had attempted to run for the

Althing 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 ...

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 ...

, but as opinion polls did not show sufficient support for election, they decided to withdraw from the elections only three weeks ahead of the election day. Candidates back then for the "party like" list were

Bjarni Harðarson Bjarni Harðarson (born 25 December 1961 in Arnýjarhús, Hveragerði) is a bookseller, novelist, and former MP from the Icelandic Progressive Party. Election and resignation Bjarni was elected to parliament in 2007 as the eighth MP from the Sou ...

(a previous MP of

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), and Þórhallur Heimisson (a priest). Among the more notable projects of the party, is the petition it organised against the Icesave-agreement in 2011.

References

External links

Sovereign Union website

Sovereign Union blog
Civic nationalism Icelandic nationalism Political parties established in 2009 Defunct political parties in Iceland Political organizations based in Iceland Eurosceptic parties in Iceland 2009 establishments in Iceland {{Iceland-poli-stub