List of political parties in Iceland

Iceland has a multi-party system with many political parties, in which often no one party has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

Political parties

Parliamentary representation from November 2024

Eight parties were elected at the November 2024 election. The box below shows the distribution of seats in the incumbent parliament.

	Election symbol	Ideology	Spectrum	Leader	Founded	MPs	Municipal Seats
Social Democratic Alliance Samfylkingin	S	Social democracy, Pro-Europeanism	Centre-left	Kristrún Frostadóttir	2000	15 / 63	26 / 470
Independence Party Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn	D	Conservatism, Economic liberalism, Liberal conservatism	Centre-right	Bjarni Benediktsson	1929	14 / 63	113 / 470
Liberal Reform Party Viðreisn	C	Liberalism, Economic liberalism, Green liberalism	Centre to centre-right	Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir	2016	11 / 63	5 / 470
People's Party Flokkur Fólksins	F	Populism, Disability rights, Pensioners' interests, Euroscepticism	Fiscal: Centre-left Social: Right-wing	Inga Sæland	2016	10 / 63	2 / 470
Centre Party Miðflokkurinn	M	Conservatism, Agrarianism, Populism, Euroscepticism	Centre-right to right-wing	Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson	2017	8 / 63	6 / 470
Progressive Party Framsóknarflokkurinn	B	Liberalism, Agrarianism, Euroscepticism, Liberal conservatism	Centre to centre-right	Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson	1916	5 / 63	69 / 470

Active parties, without representation in the Althing

	Election symbol	Ideology	Spectrum	Leader	Founded	Municipal Seats
Left-Green Movement Vinstri græn	V	Democratic socialism, eco-socialism, feminism, euroscepticism	Centre-left to left-wing	Svandís Svavarsdóttir	1999	9 / 470
Pirate Party Píratar	P	Pirate politics, direct democracy, open government		None^{[n 1]}	2012	4 / 470
Socialist Party of Iceland Sósíalistaflokkur Íslands	J	Socialism, democratic socialism, anti-neoliberalism	Left-wing	Sanna Magdalena Mörtudóttir	2017	2 / 470
Humanist Party Húmanistaflokkurinn	H	Universal humanism, libertarian socialism, anti-capitalism, collectivist anarchism	Left-wing	Júlíus Valdimarsson	1984	0 / 470
Bright Future Björt framtíð	A	Liberalism, social liberalism, green liberalism, pro-Europeanism	Centre	Theodóra Sigurlaug Þorsteinsdóttir [is; fi]	2012	0 / 470
People's Front of Iceland Alþýðufylkingin	R	Anti-capitalism, environmentalism, hard euroscepticism, pacifism	Left-wing to far-left	Þorvaldur Þorvaldsson [is; da]	2013	0 / 470
Icelandic National Front Íslenska þjóðfylkingin	E	Icelandic nationalism, right-wing populism, anti-immigration	Right-wing to far-right	Guðmundur Karl Þorleifsson [is]	2016	0 / 470
Freedom Party Frelsisflokkurinn	Þ	Icelandic nationalism, right-wing populism, euroscepticism	Right-wing to far-right	Gunnlaugur Ingvarsson	2018	0 / 470
Liberal Democratic Party Frjálslyndi lýðræðisflokkurinn	O	Classical liberalism, sustainable development, direct democracy, euroscepticism	Right-wing	Guðmundur Franklín Jónsson	2020	0 / 470
Responsible Future Ábyrg framtíð	Y	Right-libertarianism, anti-vaccination	Right-wing	Jóhannes Loftsson	2021	0 / 470
Democratic Party Lýðræðisflokkurinn	L	Libertarian conservatism, right-libertarianism, euroscepticism	Right-wing	Arnar Þór Jónsson	2024	0 / 470
The Greens Græningjar	G	Green politics	Centre-left	Kikka Sigurðardóttir	2024	0 / 470

Defunct parties

Alliance of Social Democrats (Bandalag jafnaðarmanna)
Best Party (Besti flokkurinn)
Citizens' Movement (Borgarahreyfingin)
Citizen's Party (Borgaraflokkurinn)
Communist Party (Kommúnistaflokkurinn)
Communist Party (Marxist–Leninist) (Kommúnistaflokkurinn (m-l))
Democracy Movement (Lýðræðishreyfingin)
Dawn (Dögun)
Home Rule Party (Heimastjórnarflokkurinn)
Households Party (Flokkur Heimilanna)
Iceland Democratic Party (Lýðræðisvaktin)
Icelandic Movement – Living Country (Íslandshreyfingin – lifandi land)
Liberal Party (Frjálslyndi flokkurinn)
National Awakening (Þjóðvaki)
Nationalist Party (Flokkur Þjóðernissinna)
National Preservation Party (Þjóðvarnarflokkurinn)
New Force (Nýtt afl)
Old Independence Party (Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn eldri)
People's Alliance (Alþýðubandalagið)
People's Unity Party – Socialist Party (Sameiningarflokkur alþýðu - Sósíalistaflokkurinn)
Rainbow (Regnboginn)
Right-Green People's Party (Hægri grænir, flokkur fólksins)
Rural Party (Landsbyggðarflokkurinn)
Social Democratic Party (Alþýðuflokkurinn)
Solidarity (Samstaða)
The Movement (Hreyfingin)
Union of Liberals and Leftists (Samtök frjálslyndra og vinstri manna)
Women's List (Kvennalistinn)

Notes

^ The Pirate Party rejects the regular leadership model. A new formal chair is chosen at the start of each parliamentary session by coin toss.

References

External links

Icelandic election statistics

[1] The Pirate Party rejects the regular leadership model. A new formal chair is chosen at the start of each parliamentary session by coin toss.

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v t e Political parties in Iceland
Althing (63)	Independence Party (17) Progressive Party (13) Left-Green Movement (7) Social Democratic Alliance (6) People's Party (6) Pirate Party (6) Viðreisn (5) Centre Party (2) The Greens (1)
Extra-parliamentary	Democratic Party Freedom Party Icelandic National Front Humanist Party Liberal Democratic Party People's Front of Iceland Responsible Future Socialist Party
Defunct	Alliance of Social Democrats Best Party Bright Future Citizens' Movement Citizens' Party (1923) Citizens' Party (1987) Communist League Communist Party of Iceland Communist Party of Iceland (Marxist–Leninist) Communist Unity (Marxist–Leninist) Conservative Party Dawn Democracy Movement Farmers' Party (1913) Farmers' Party (1933) Home Rule Party Households Party Iceland Democratic Party Icelandic Movement – Living Country Independence Party (1907) Independent Farmers Liberal Party (1998) Liberal Party (1927) National Awakening National Defence Party National Preservation Party Nationalist Party New Force People's Alliance People's Unity Party – Socialist Party Rainbow Republican Party (1953) Republican Party (2013) Right-Green People's Party Rural Party Social Democratic Party Solidarity Sovereign Union Sturla Jónsson The Movement Union of Liberals and Leftists Union Party Women's List

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