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25-517: The founder and chairman of the party was the former Mayor of Reykjavík Jón Gnarr . The party was founded several months after the Icelandic parliamentary election in 2009 , and was closely related to the national Bright Future party, led by MP and Best Party Vice President Heiða Kristín Helgadóttir . The party's initial success is seen as a backlash against establishment parties in the wake of Iceland's 2008–2011 financial crisis . The Best Party

50-713: A coalition being formed in July of that year led by Thorsteinn Pálsson of the Independence Party, with the Progressive Party and Social Democratic Party as junior partners. However, in September 1988, a new government was formed by the Progressive Party's Steingrímur Hermannsson with the Social Democrats and People's Alliance. Following the 1991 parliamentary election , the Progressive Party

75-408: A coalition government of the Independence Party and Progressive Party led by Geir Hallgrímsson . The 1978 parliamentary election returned Ólafur Jóhannesson to the role of prime minister, leading a coalition containing the Progressive Party, People's Alliance and Social Democratic Party after two months of coalition negotiations. The snap 1979 parliamentary election caused by the withdrawal of

100-594: Is an agrarian political party in Iceland . For most of its history, the Progressive Party has governed with the Independence Party . Since 30 November 2017, the party has been 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

125-557: The 2008–11 Icelandic financial crisis . The incumbent mayor is Einar Þorsteinsson , who took office in 2024. Einar's Progressive Party currently governs the city as the senior coalition partner with the Social Democratic Alliance , Pirate Party , and Reform . As of 2024, Reykjavik has had 22 mayor including eighteen men and four women. Progressive Party (Iceland) [REDACTED] The Progressive Party ( Icelandic : Framsóknarflokkurinn , FSF)

150-624: The Farmers' Party ( Bændaflokkur ) and the Independent Farmers ( Óháðir bændur ). In 1956 the party almost agreed to an aborted merger with the Social Democratic Party . Throughout Iceland's history as a self-governing and independent nation, the Progressive Party has most often been the second largest political party in the country. It has often joined government coalitions with either the Independence Party on

175-549: The centre-right , or with centre-left parties. During the period 1927–1990, the Progressive Party held the prime minister post for thirty years and spent more than two-thirds of the time in coalition government. Following the 1971 parliamentary election , the Progressive Party formed a government with the People's Alliance and Union of Liberals and Leftists , with Progressive Party chairman Ólafur Jóhannesson serving as prime minister. The 1974 parliamentary election led to

200-480: The 15 seats on the Reykjavík City Council, and governed the city alongside the Social Democratic Alliance as the senior coalition partner. Mayor of Reykjav%C3%ADk The post of Mayor of Reykjavík ( Icelandic : Borgarstjóri Reykjavíkur ) was created in 1907 and advertised in 1908. Páll Einarsson and Knud Zimsen applied for the job and Páll got the position for a period of six years, at

225-442: The 2010 election, the party published a new version of the song with new, Iceland-specific lyrics. A music video was also made, featuring Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir . In late 2012, the party founded Bright Future with independent MP Guðmundur Steingrímsson , in order to contest the 2013 national parliamentary election . Jón Gnarr, by then Mayor of Reykjavík , and Óttarr Proppé , a Reykjavík City Councilman , were candidates for

250-491: The Best Party became more serious. It began to show a genuine interest in governing, and took a left-wing stance on many issues. Although Gnarr identifies himself as an anarchist , the party as a whole was closer to the centre-left . Since its founding, the Best Party developed into a full-grown political party with its own independent agenda . The theme song of the Best Party was The Best , by Tina Turner . Prior to

275-545: The Progressive Party appointed as prime minister. Sigmundur Davíð was ousted as leader of the party shortly after he was implicated in scandal and ethical quandaries in the Panama Papers release. The Progressive Party split in 2017 when Sigmundur Davíð created his own party, the Centre Party ( Miðflokkurinn ). After the 2021 parliamentary election , the new government was, just like the previous government,

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300-554: The Social Democratic Alliance and the Left-Green Movement continuing to govern with an increased majority. In the 2013 parliamentary election , the Progressive Party reached second place nationally, winning 24.4% of the vote and 19 seats. Following the election, a centre-right coalition government was formed between the Progressive Party and Independence Party, Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson of

325-515: The Social Democrats from government led to a new government being formed in February 1980 by the Independence Party of Prime Minister Gunnar Thoroddsen , Progressive Party and People's Alliance. The 1983 parliamentary election resulted in Progressive Party leader Steingrímur Hermannsson becoming prime minister in coalition with the Independence Party. The 1987 parliamentary election in May saw

350-465: The country—there is no significant Muslim minority in Iceland. Under the new post-crisis leader- ship, the Progressive Party thus moved closer to populist parties in Europe." In the 2009 parliamentary election , the Progressive Party fared somewhat better, securing 14.8% of the vote, and increasing its number of seats from seven to nine. It remained in opposition, however, with a centre-left coalition of

375-657: The deal being signed on 22 May, returning the Progressive Party to the opposition. When a centre-left minority government was formed in February 2009, in the wake of the 2008–2011 Icelandic financial crisis , the Progressive Party agreed to defend it from a no-confidence vote, but did not form part of the governing coalition. In January 2009, it decided to change its party line on joining the European Union (EU) from being opposed to being in favour of EU accession , but with very strong caveats. The party later changed its policy to one of firm opposition to EU membership. In

400-551: The end of which he did not wish to renew his tenure. Rather than a direct election, Reykjavík City Council members elect the mayor from within their ranks. Between 1932 and 1994 the centre-right Independence Party dominated Reykjavík municipal politics, but since then other parties have been more competitive. During the 2006-2010 term four people held the mayor position, due to an unprecedented amount of instability in Reykjavík's municipal coalition government caused in part by

425-425: The late 19th century to rapidly dwindling in the early 20th century as a result of industrialization and urbanization. Its primary support still comes from the rural areas of Iceland and its policy roots still stem from its origin as an agrarian party , although it has since come to self-identify as a liberal party, though this is disputed outside of the party. It was founded in 1916 as a merger of two agrarian parties,

450-464: The new party in that election. The Best Party's Managing Director Heiða Kristín Helgadóttir is also the chairwoman of Bright Future. The party's first endeavor in politics was to present a list of candidates for the local election in Reykjavík in 2010. Its platform included free towels in all city swimming pools, a polar bear for the city zoo, a Disneyland at Vatnsmýri park, and a drug-free national parliament ( Althing ) by 2020. The party won six of

475-483: The party from the 1920s to the 1990s, who all were left-wing and even socialist . However, with Halldór Ásgrímsson taking over as leader in 1994, the party emerged as a centre to centre-right party, with focus on rural areas, with the two most recent leaders, Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson and Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson identifying as right-wing . The Progressive Party was founded to represent Iceland's farmer class, which went from being dominant from settlement to

500-497: The vote and 12 seats in the Althing . On 15 September 2004, Halldór Ásgrímsson of the Progressive Party took over as prime minister from Davíð Oddsson. Halldór Ásgrímsson announced his intention to resign on 5 June 2006 following the party's poor results in the 2006 municipal elections. The coalition remained allied with the Independence Party chairman, Geir H. Haarde , as prime minister. The Progressive Party leader Jón Sigurðsson

525-483: The wake of the 2008–2011 Icelandic financial crisis , the Progressive Party became more populist. According to political scientist Eiríkur Bergmann, "a completely renewed leadership took over the country’s old agrarian party, the Progressive Party (Framsóknarflokkurinn— PP), which was rapidly retuned in a more populist direction; geared against foreign creditors, international institutions and eventually partly towards anti- Muslim rhetoric, which until then had been absent in

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550-482: Was Minister of Industry and Commerce, until a coalition of the Independence Party and the Social Democratic Alliance took over after the elections in 2007. In the 2007 parliamentary election , the party dropped five seats to hold only seven seats, down from twelve. The coalition only held a one-seat majority in the Althing, and the Independence Party formed a coalition government with the Social Democratic Alliance with

575-467: 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 identified on the centre-left on the Icelandic political spectrum. Tryggvi Þórhallsson , Jónas Jónsson , Ásgeir Ásgeirsson , Hermann Jónasson , Eysteinn Jónsson , Ólafur Jóhannesson and Steingrímur Hermannsson were prominent figures and the leaders of

600-569: Was founded in late 2009 by Jón Gnarr, an Icelandic actor, comedian and writer. Originally a joke party , it stated from the beginning that it would not honour any of its election promises. It claimed all other parties were secretly corrupt, and promised to be openly corrupt. Among its original goals was to satirize common themes in Icelandic politics , partly by mimicking the standard phrases, idioms and jargon used by Icelandic politicians. However, since its electoral success in Reykjavík in 2010,

625-422: Was in opposition, with the government being formed by Independence Party leader Davíð Oddsson . In the 1995 parliamentary election , Davíð Oddsson remained as prime minister, with the Progressive Party returning to government as junior coalition partner to the Independence Party, a coalition which continued after the 1999 election . In the 2003 parliamentary election , the Progressive Party received 17.2% of

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