# 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.

## 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 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 | Spectrum | 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 | 2012 | 4 / 470 |
| Socialist Party of Iceland Sósíalistaflokkur Íslands | J | Socialism, democratic socialism, anti-neoliberalism | Left-wing | Sanna Magdalena Mörtudóttir | 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)