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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 September 2021
Eight parties were elected at the
September 2021 election. The box below shows the distribution of seats in the incumbent parliament.
Party
|
Election symbol
|
Ideology
|
Spectrum
|
Leader
|
MPs
|
|
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Independence Party Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn
|
D
|
Conservatism
|
Centre-right to
right-wing
|
Bjarni Benediktsson (Prime Minister)
|
|
|
|
Progressive Party Framsóknarflokkurinn
|
B
|
Liberalism,
agrarianism,
Euroscepticism
|
Centre to
centre-right
|
Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson
|
|
|
|
Left-Green Movement Vinstri græn
|
V
|
Democratic socialism,
eco-socialism,
feminism,
Euroscepticism
|
Centre-left to
left-wing
|
Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson (acting)
|
|
|
|
Social Democratic Alliance Samfylkingin
|
S
|
Social democracy,
feminism
|
Centre-left
|
Kristrún Frostadóttir
|
|
|
|
People's Party Flokkur Fólksins
|
F
|
Populism,
disability rights
|
Centre-left to
right-wing
|
Inga Sæland
|
|
|
|
Pirate Party Pírataflokkurinn
|
P
|
Pirate politics,
direct democracy
|
Syncretic
|
None
[n 1]
|
|
|
|
Liberal Reform Party Viðreisn
|
C
|
Economic liberalism,
green liberalism
|
Centre to
centre-right
|
Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir
|
|
|
|
Centre Party Miðflokkurinn
|
M
|
Conservatism,
populism,
Euroscepticism
|
Centre-right
|
Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson
|
|
Active parties, without representation in the Althing
Defunct parties
Notes
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^ The Pirate Party rejects the regular leadership model. A new formal chair is chosen at the start of each parliamentary session by coin toss.
See also
References
External links
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Althing (63) | |
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Extra-parliamentary | |
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Defunct | |
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Sovereign states | |
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States with limited recognition | |
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Dependencies and other entities | |
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Other entities | |
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