Progressive Party (Iceland)
Progressive Party Framsóknarflokkurinn | |
|---|---|
| Chairperson | Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson |
| Vice-chairperson | Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir |
| Chairperson of the municipal council | Einar Freyr Elínarson |
| Founded | 16 December 1916 |
| Merger of | |
| Headquarters | Bæjarlind 14-16, 201 Kópavogur |
| Youth wing | Association of Young People in the Progressive Party |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre to centre-right |
| International affiliation | Liberal International |
| Nordic affiliation | Centre Group |
| Colours | Green |
| Seats in Parliament | 5 / 63 |
| Election symbol | |
| Website | |
| xb framsokn | |
The Progressive Party (Icelandic: Framsóknarflokkurinn, FSF) is an agrarian political party in Iceland.
From 30 November 2017 until the 2024 election, the party was a coalition partner in the Bjarni Benediktsson government. The current chairman of the party is Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson who was elected on 2 October 2016. His predecessor was Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, who was elected on 18 January 2009 and was prime minister of Iceland from 23 May 2013 to 5 April 2016.
Throughout most of the 20th century, the party entered into coalitions with parties on both the Left and Right on the Icelandic political spectrum.
Throughout most of the 20th century the party was a centre-left party, with many progressive and social democratic politicians leading the party, including Hermann Jónasson, Eysteinn Jónsson, Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, Ólafur Jóhannesson and Steingrímur Hermannsson. Steingrímur left office as leader in 1994, and when the new leader Halldór Ásgrímsson entered a coalition with the Independence Party in 1995, many cited the party going from the centre-left to the centre-right. Following Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson being elected leader in 2009, the party moved to a much more populist right wing based, and left its centre approach. Current leader since 2016, Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson has taken the party back to the centre.