People's Party (Iceland)


The People's Party is an Icelandic political party founded by Inga Sæland. Its main focus is to have better conditions for the poor and disabled.
The party ran in the Icelandic parliamentary election 2016. It received 3.5% of the votes and thus failed to pass the 5% threshold required to enter the legislature. In the parliamentary election of 2017, the party received 6.88% of the votes and gained four seats in the Althing.
At the end of November 2018, the party expelled two of its parliamentarians, Karl Gauti Hjaltason and Ólafur Ísleifsson, after a meeting of these with members of the Centre Party where Karl Gauti and Ólafur didn't object to derogatory remarks of Centre Party members against the People's Party's leader, Inga Sæland. Previously, the party ran into controversy when Inga made comments that were considered by the media as "xenophobic" and "anti-immigrant." Inga has made efforts to distance herself from those comments, even calling for increased care for refugees. The New York Times has referred to the party as "railing against immigration, poverty and corruption".

Electoral results

Parliament