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.

Nine parties were elected at the 2022 Icelandic municipal elections. Six parties were elected at the 2024 Icelandic parliamentary election to the Althing.

Political parties

Parliamentary representation from November 2024

The box below shows the distribution of seats in the incumbent parliament.

Party			Election symbol	Ideology	Political position	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

Party			Election symbol	Ideology	Political position	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	Vacant	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
		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)
• Icelandic National Front (Íslenska þjóðfylkingin)
• 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

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.

See also

• Politics of Iceland
• List of political parties by country

External links

• Icelandic election statistics