List of political parties in Iceland explained

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.

Party			Election symbol	Ideology	Spectrum	Leader	Founded	MPs	Municipal Seats
		Social Democratic Alliance Icelandic: Samfylkingin	S		Centre-left	Kristrún Frostadóttir	2000
		Independence Party Icelandic: Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn	D		Centre-right	Bjarni Benediktsson	1929
		Liberal Reform Party Icelandic: Viðreisn	C		Centre to centre-right	Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir	2016
		People's Party Icelandic: Flokkur Fólksins	F		Fiscal: Centre-left Social: Right-wing	Inga Sæland	2016
		Centre Party Icelandic: Miðflokkurinn	M		Centre-right to right-wing	Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson	2017
		Progressive Party Icelandic: Framsóknarflokkurinn	B		Centre to centre-right	Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson	1916

Active parties, without representation in the Althing

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

Defunct parties

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

See also

• Politics of Iceland
• List of political parties by country

External links

• Icelandic election statistics