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The Independent Farmers () were a short-lived political party in
Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...
in 1916.


History

The party was established in 1916 as a breakaway from the Farmers' Party.Vincent E McHale (1983) ''Political parties of Europe'', Greenwood Press, p523 In the August 1916 elections to the six previously appointed seats in the upper house of the
Althing The (; ), anglicised as Althingi or Althing, is the Parliamentary sovereignty, supreme Parliament, national parliament of Iceland. It is the oldest surviving parliament in the world. The Althing was founded in 930 at ('Thing (assembly), thing ...
, the party finished third with 22% of the vote. However, by the October elections to both houses, its vote share had fallen to just 4%, with the party winning just one seat in each of the houses.
Dieter Nohlen Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An ex ...
& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p977–975
Following the elections, it merged with the Farmers' Party to form the Progressive Party.Nohlen & Stöver, p965


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{{Defunct political parties in Iceland Defunct political parties in Iceland Political parties established in 1916 Political parties disestablished in 1916 Agrarian parties in Iceland 1916 establishments in Iceland