Progressive Party (Iceland)

Progressive Party

Framsóknarflokkurinn
Progressive Party Framsóknarflokkurinn
Chairperson	Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson
Vice-chairperson	Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir
Chairperson of the municipal council	Elín Líndal
Founded	16 December 1916
Merger of	Farmers' Party; Independent Farmers;
Headquarters	Hverfisgata 33, ; 101 Reykjavík
Youth wing	Association of Young People in the Progressive Party
Ideology	Agrarianism (Nordic); Liberalism; Liberal conservatism; Euroscepticism;
Political position	Centre to centre-right
International affiliation	Liberal International
Nordic affiliation	Centre Group
Colours	Green
Seats in Parliament	13 / 63
Election symbol
	B
Website
	www.framsokn.is
	Politics of Iceland; Political parties; Elections;

The Progressive Party (Icelandic: Framsóknarflokkurinn, FSF) is an agrarian political party in Iceland.

For most of its history, the Progressive Party has governed with the Independence Party. Since 30 November 2017, the party has been a coalition partner in the Katrín Jakobsdóttir government. The current chairman of the party is Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson who was elected on 2 October 2016. His predecessor was Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, who was elected on 18 January 2009 and was Prime Minister of Iceland from 23 May 2013 to 5 April 2016.

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