Social Democratic Party (Iceland)

Social Democratic Party
Alþýðuflokkurinn
ChairmanOttó N. Þorláksson (first)
Guðmundur Árni Stefánsson (last)
Founded12 March 1916
Dissolved5 May 2000
Merged intoSocial Democratic Alliance
IdeologySocial democracy
Political positionCentre-left
International affiliationSocialist International
Colours  Red
Election symbol
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Website
jafnadarmenn.is (archived)

The Social Democratic Party, officially the People's Party (Icelandic: Alþýðuflokkurinn), was a social-democratic[1][2] political party in Iceland.

It was founded in 1916, as the political representation of the trade unions of Iceland.[3]

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  2. ^ Bale, Tim (2021). Riding the populist wave: Europe's mainstream right in crisis. Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. p. 35. ISBN 978-1-009-00686-6. OCLC 1256593260.
  3. ^ Bergmann, Eirikur; Einarsson, Eiríkur Bergmann (2014). Iceland and the International Financial Crisis: Boom, Bust and Recovery. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 34. ISBN 9781137332004.