Progressive Party (Iceland)

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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 government. The current chairman of the party is Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir who was elected on 15 February 2026. 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 progressives 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 based...

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