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Political parties in Iceland lists political parties in Iceland. Iceland has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments. The President of Iceland (Icelandic: Forseti Íslands) is Icelands elected head of state. ... Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (born 14 May 1943, in Ísafjörður, Iceland) is the fifth and current President of Iceland, from 1996 to present, re-elected unopposed in 2000, and was re-elected for a third term in 2004. ... The Prime Minister of Iceland (Icelandic: Forsætisráðherra Íslands) is Icelands head of government. ... Geir Hilmar Haarde (born April 8, 1951) is an Icelandic politician. ... The Althing (Modern Icelandic Alþingi; Old Norse Alþing) is the national parliament: literally, the all-thing (or General Assembly) of Iceland. ... Umboðsmaður Alþingis is appointed by the Alþingi to oversee investigation of complaints against government departments and local governments. ... Politics of Iceland Categories: Election related stubs | Elections in Iceland ... A presidential election was held in Iceland on Saturday, 26 June 2004. ... The 2007 Icelandic General Elections will be held in the spring of that year for a four year mandate. ... Iceland maintains diplomatic and commercial relations with practically all nations, but its ties with other Nordic states, with the US, and with the other NATO nations are particularly close. ... Iceland is not a member state of the European Union (EU) and has never applied for membership. ... The Cod Wars (also called the Iceland Cod Wars) were a series of confrontations between the United Kingdom and Iceland over Icelands claims of authority over tracts of ocean off their coastline as being their exclusive fishery zone. ... The Agreed Minute is a statute governing the nature of the U.S. military presence in Iceland. ... Information on politics by country is available for every country, including both de jure and de facto independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... A political party is an organization that seeks to attain political power within a government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns. ... A multi-party system is a type of party system. ... A coalition government, or coalition cabinet, is a cabinet in parliamentary government in which several parties cooperate. ...

The parties

Parties currently represented in Alþingi

The Althing (Modern Icelandic Alþingi; Old Norse Alþing) is the national parliament: literally, the all-thing (or General Assembly) of Iceland. ...

Coalition parties

• Progressive Party (Framsóknarflokkurinn) (B), led by Minister of Industry and Commerce Jón Sigurðsson [1]
• Independence Party (Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn) (D), led by Prime Minister Geir Haarde [2]

The Progressive Party (Icelandic: Framsóknarflokkurinn) is an agrarian and liberal party in Iceland. ... The Independence Party (Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn) is a center-right political party in Iceland. ... Geir Hilmar Haarde (born April 8, 1951) is an Icelandic politician. ...

Opposition parties

• Alliance (Samfylkingin) (S), led by Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, MP [3]
• Left-Green Movement (Vinstrihreyfingin - grænt framboð) (V), led by Steingrímur J. Sigfússon, MP [4]
• Liberal Party (Frjálslyndi flokkurinn) (F), led by Guðjón A. Kristjánsson, MP [5]

The Alliance (Samfylkingin) is a political party in Iceland. ... Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir (born 31st of December 1954, Reykjavík, Iceland) is an Icelandic politician and the leader of the social democratic Alliance (Samfylkingin), the largest opposition party in the countrys parliament, the Althing. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... The Left-Green Movement (Vinstrihreyfingin - grænt framboð) is a political party in Iceland. ... Steingrímur Jóhann Sigfússon, born August 4, 1955, is a member of the Icelandic parliament, the Alþingi (since 1983), and the chairman of The Left-Green Movement (Vinstri hreyfingin - grænt framboð). He was the Minister for Agriculture and Transport from 1988-1991. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... The Liberal Party (Frjálslyndi flokkurinn) is a liberal party in Iceland. ... Guðjón Arnar Kristjánsson (born July 5, 1944) is an Icelandic MP and chairman of the Liberal Party (Frjálslyndi flokkurinn). ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ...

Other parties

• Communist League
• Humanist Party (Húmanistaflokkurinn)
• Libertarian Society of Iceland (Frjálshyggjufélagið) Promotes libertarianism but does not aim for elections.
• Socialist Association of Iceland (Sósíalistafélagið)

The Icelandic Communist League is a grouping affiliated with the Socialist Workers Party (USA), a part of its international network of affiliates, the so-called Pathfinder Tendency. ... The Libertarian Society of Iceland or Frjálshyggjufélagið was founded in Reykjavík, Iceland, on August 10, 2002. ...

Extinct parties

• Union of Liberals and Leftists (Samtök frjálslyndra og vinstri manna)
• Citizen's Party (Borgaraflokkurinn)
• Communist Party (Kommúnistaflokkurinn)
• Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist) (Kommúnistaflokkurinn (m-l))
• Home Rule Party (Heimastjórnarflokkurinn)
• National Preservation Party (Þjóðvarnarflokkurinn)
• Nationalist Party (Flokkur Þjóðernissinna)
• The old Independence Party (Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn eldri)
• People's Alliance (Alþýðubandalagið)
• Social Democratic Party (Alþýðuflokkurinn)
• Women's List (Kvennalistinn)
• Awakening of the Nation

Union of Liberals and Leftists (Icelandic: Samtök frjálslyndra og vinstri manna) was a left political party in Iceland, founded by Hannibal Valdimarsson and his supporters in 1969. ... The Citizens Party (Borgaraflokkurinn) was a political party which was formed in a split from the Independence Party in 1987. ... The Communist Party of Iceland (Icelandic: Kommúnistaflokkur Íslands) was a political party in Iceland from 1930 to 1938. ... Communist Party of Iceland (marxist-leninist) (in Icelandic: Kommúnistaflokkur Íslands (m-l)), was a political party in Iceland. ... National Preservation Party (Icelandic: Þjóðvarnarflokkurinn) a political party in Iceland. ... The Nationalist Party was a minor Icelandic political party that espoused a limited form of Nazism before and during the Second World War. ... The Peoples Alliance (Icelandic: Alþýðubandalagið) was an electoral alliance in Iceland from 1956 to 1968 and a political party from 1968 to 1998. ... Alþýðuflokkurinn Icelandic Political Party based on Social Democratic ideas, was founded in 1916 as the political field of the labour union of Iceland. ... Extinct feminist party that took part in National politics from 1983 to 1998 when most of its members joined the Left Alliance (Samfylking) ...

See also

• Index of political parties to browse parties by name
• List of political parties to browse parties by country
• List of political parties by ideology to browse parties by name
• Membership of internationals to browse parties by membership of internationals
• Timeline of liberal and centrist parties in Iceland