List of political parties in Iceland

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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

Eight parties were elected at the September 2021 election. The box below shows the distribution of seats in the incumbent parliament.

	Election symbol	Ideology	Spectrum	Leader	MPs
Independence Party Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn	D	Conservatism	Centre-right to right-wing	Bjarni Benediktsson (Prime Minister)	17 / 63
Progressive Party Framsóknarflokkurinn	B	Liberalism, agrarianism, Euroscepticism	Centre to centre-right	Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson	13 / 63
Left-Green Movement Vinstri græn	V	Democratic socialism, eco-socialism, feminism, Euroscepticism	Centre-left to left-wing	Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson (acting)	8 / 63
Social Democratic Alliance Samfylkingin	S	Social democracy, feminism	Centre-left	Kristrún Frostadóttir	6 / 63
People's Party Flokkur Fólksins	F	Populism, disability rights	Centre-left to right-wing	Inga Sæland	6 / 63
Pirate Party Pírataflokkurinn	P	Pirate politics, direct democracy		None^[n 1]	6 / 63
Liberal Reform Party Viðreisn	C	Economic liberalism, green liberalism	Centre to centre-right	Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir	5 / 63
Centre Party Miðflokkurinn	M	Conservatism, populism, Euroscepticism	Centre-right	Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson	2 / 63

	Ideology	Election symbol^[2]
Freedom Party Frelsisflokkurinn	Right-wing nationalism	Þ
Humanist Party Húmanistaflokkurinn	Humanism	H
Icelandic National Front Íslenska þjóðfylkingin	Right-wing populism	E
People's Front of Iceland Alþýðufylkingin	Anti-capitalism	R
Icelandic Socialist Party Sósíalistaflokkur Íslands	Socialism	J
Liberal Democratic Party Frjálslyndi lýðræðisflokkurinn	Classical liberalism	O
Responsible Future Ábyrg framtíð	Anti-vaccinationism	Y

Alliance of Social Democrats
Best Party (Besti flokkurinn)
Bright Future (Björt framtið)
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 Land (Íslandshreyfingin – lifandi land)
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)

^ The Pirate Party rejects the regular leadership model. A new formal chair is chosen at the start of each parliamentary session by coin toss.

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v t e Political parties in Iceland
Althing (63)	Independence Party (17) Progressive Party (13) Left-Green Movement (8) Social Democratic Alliance (6) People's Party (6) Pirate Party (6) Viðreisn (5) Centre Party (2)
Extra-parliamentary	Freedom Party Icelandic National Front Humanist Party Liberal Democratic Party People's Front of Iceland Responsible Future Socialist Party
Defunct	Alliance of Social Democrats Best Party Bright Future Citizens' Movement Citizens' Party (1923) Citizens' Party (1987) Communist League Communist Party of Iceland Communist Party of Iceland (Marxist–Leninist) Communist Unity (Marxist–Leninist) Conservative Party Dawn Democracy Movement Farmers' Party (1913) Farmers' Party (1933) Home Rule Party Households Party Iceland Democratic Party Icelandic Movement – Living Country Independence Party (1907) Independent Farmers Liberal Party (1998) Liberal Party (1927) National Awakening National Defence Party National Preservation Party Nationalist Party New Force People's Alliance People's Unity Party – Socialist Party Rainbow Republican Party (1953) Republican Party (2013) Right-Green People's Party Rural Party Social Democratic Party Solidarity Sovereign Union Sturla Jónsson The Movement Union of Liberals and Leftists Union Party Women's List

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