Conservative Party | |
Native Name: | Íhaldsflokkurinn |
Native Name Lang: | is |
Leader: | Jón Þorláksson |
Predecessor: | Citizens' Party |
Merged: | Independence Party |
Ideology: | Conservatism Icelandic separatism |
Position: | Centre-right |
Country: | Iceland |
The Conservative Party (is|Íhaldsflokkurinn) was a conservative political party in Iceland between 1924 and 1929.
The party was established in 1924 by a majority of the members of the Citizens' Party.[1] It won the 1926 Upper House elections and the 1927 parliamentary elections, in which it received 42.% of the vote.
In 1929 it merged with the Liberal Party to form the Independence Party.[1]
The party supported the full independence of Iceland and separation from the Danish crown.