Young Independents ( is, Ungir sjálfstæðismenn), abbreviated to SUS, is the

youth wing A youth wing is a subsidiary, autonomous, or independently allied front of a larger organization (usually a political party but occasionally another type of organization) that is formed in order to rally support for that organization from members ...

of the

Independence Party Independence Party may refer to: Active parties Outside United States * Independence Party (Egypt) * Estonian Independence Party * Independence Party (Finland) * Independence Party (Iceland) * Independence Party (Mauritius) * Independence Part ...

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 ...

. Young Independents was founded at

Þingvellir Þingvellir (, anglicised as ThingvellirThe spelling ''Pingvellir'' is sometimes seen, although the letter "p" is unrelated to the letter "þ" (thorn), which is pronounced as "th".) was the site of the Alþing, the annual parliament of Iceland ...

on 27 June 1930: the year after the Independence Party itself. Its current chairman is Lísbet Sigurðardóttir, who was elected on 12 September 2021. It is liberally conservative, like its mother party, but often expresses more

classical liberal Classical liberalism is a political tradition and a branch of liberalism that advocates free market and laissez-faire economics; civil liberties under the rule of law with especial emphasis on individual autonomy, limited government, economic ...

views. The party can conduct its own policy and campaigns. In 2011, it criticised

capital controls Capital controls are residency-based measures such as transaction taxes, other limits, or outright prohibitions that a nation's government can use to regulate flows from capital markets into and out of the country's capital account. These measures ...

, subsidies to the Symphony Orchestra, and the application for EU membership. In February 2011, it ran an advert in ''

Morgunblaðið ''Morgunblaðið'' (, ''The Morning Paper'') is an Icelandic newspaper. ''Morgunblaðið''s website, mbl.is, is the most popular website in Iceland. History ''Morgunblaðið'' was founded by Vilhjálmur Finsen and Ólafur Björnsson, brother of ...

'' that urged Independence Party MPs to vote against the government paying foreign liabilities accrued by

Icesave 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 ...

. SUS put forward an alternative budget in 2010, and criticised Independence Party MPs for following convention by not voting against the government's budget. Its largest branch is its

Reykjavík Reykjavík ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói bay. Its latitude is 64°08' N, making it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. With a po ...

branch, Heimdallur.

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External links

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Young Independents official website
{{Authority control 1930 establishments in Iceland Youth wings of Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe member parties Youth wings of conservative parties Youth wings of political parties in Iceland Independence Party (Iceland)