Independent Farmers | |
Native Name: | Óháðir bændur |
Native Name Lang: | is |
Leader: | Sigurður Jónsson |
Split: | Farmers' Party |
Merged: | Progressive Party |
Ideology: | Agrarianism Icelandic nationalism |
Country: | Iceland |
The Independent Farmers (is|Óháðir bændur) were a short-lived political party in Iceland in 1916.
The party was established in 1916 as a breakaway from the Farmers' Party.[1] In the August 1916 elections to the six previously appointed seats in the upper house of the Althing, the party finished third with 22% of the vote. However, by the October elections to both houses, its vote share had fallen to just 4%, with the party winning just one seat in each of the houses.[2] Following the elections it merged with the Farmers' Party to form the Progressive Party.[3]