| National Awakening | |
| Native Name: | Þjóðvaki – Hreyfing Fólksins |
| Country: | Iceland |
| Founded: | 1994 |
| Dissolved: | 2000 |
| Leader: | Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir |
| Split: | Social Democratic Party |
| Merged: | Social Democratic Alliance |
| Ideology: | Social democracy |
| Position: | Centre-left |
| Symbol: | J |
National Awakening – People's Movement (Icelandic: Þjóðvaki – Hreyfing Fólksins, ÞPM) was a social-democratic[1] [2] political party in Iceland. The party was founded around Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, future Prime Minister of Iceland.[3]
The party was formed in 1994 in preparation for the 1995 parliamentary election; one of the co-founders was Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir after she lost an internal election for the leadership of the Social Democratic Party.[4] She was joined by members of the People's Alliance. In the 1995 parliamentary elections the party won 7.2% of the vote and four seats.[3]
On 2 October 1996 its members of parliament joined the Social Democratic Party to form a unified parliamentary group. For the 1999 parliamentary elections it formed the United Front electoral alliance with the Social Democratic Party and the People's Alliance and the Women's List, winning 30% of the vote and 20 seats.[4] [5] In 2000 the parties merged with to form the Social Democratic Alliance.