Centre Party (Iceland)

Centre Party

Miðflokkurinn
Centre Party Miðflokkurinn
Chairperson	Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson
Founder	Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson
Founded	24 September 2017
Split from	Progressive Party
Ideology	Conservatism; Agrarianism (Nordic); Populism; Euroscepticism
Political position	Centre-right to right-wing
Nordic affiliation	Centre Group
Seats in Parliament	2 / 63
Election symbol
Website
	midflokkurinn.is
	Politics of Iceland; Political parties; Elections;

The Centre Party (Icelandic: Miðflokkurinn) is a Nordic agrarian, populist^[3] and conservative political party in Iceland, established in September 2017.^[5]^[6]^[7] It split from the Progressive Party due to leadership disputes, when two factions decided to band up as a new party before the 2017 Icelandic parliamentary election. The Centre Party belongs to the Nordic agrarian party family; like many parties in Iceland, is Eurosceptic.

^ ^a ^b ^c Nordsieck, Wolfram (2017). "Iceland". Parties and Elections in Europe.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Wahlcheck: Das wollen Islands Parteien". Deutsch-Isländische Gesellschaft Bremerhaven/Bremen. 11 September 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
^ ^a ^b Jelena Ćirić (27 October 2017). "Icelandic Parliamentary Election 2017: Party Overview". Iceland Review. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
^ Fontaine, Paul (30 October 2017). "Elections '17: Who Are Iceland's Political Parties & Who Will Lead Next?". The Reykjavík Grapevine. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
^ Anna Lilja Þórisdóttir (28 September 2017). "Flokkur Sigmundar heitir Miðflokkurinn og býður fram undir X-M". Morgunblaðið. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
^ Richard Martyn-Hemphill (28 October 2017). "Iceland Goes to Polls Amid Scandals, Disgust and Distrust". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
^ "Miðflokkurinn er stærsta popúlíska hreyfing Íslands". Stundin (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2018-06-21.