The Freedom Party () was a
right-wing populist
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political party
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in
Iceland
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.
The party was founded in June 2017 and participated in the
2018 city council elections in
Reykjavík
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where it received 147 votes, or about 0.24% of total votes.
Since 2023, the party became inactive, and a few posts were made on the party's
Facebook
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page in support of the
Centre Party.
References
Right-wing populism in Iceland
Eurosceptic parties in Iceland
Far-right politics in Iceland
Nationalist parties in Iceland
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Political parties established in 2017
Political parties disestablished in 2023