National Awakening (Iceland)

National Awakening
Þjóðvaki – Hreyfing Fólksins
LeaderJóhanna Sigurðardóttir
Founded1994
Dissolved2000
Split fromSocial Democratic Party
Merged intoSocial Democratic Alliance
IdeologySocial democracy
Political positionCentre-left
Election symbol
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National AwakeningPeople's Movement (Icelandic: Þjóðvaki – Hreyfing Fólksins, ÞPM) was a social-democratic[1][2] political party in Iceland. The party was founded around Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, future Prime Minister 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.
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