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National Preservation Party

Þjóðvarnarflokkurinn
National Preservation Party Þjóðvarnarflokkurinn
Founders	Gils Guðmundsson; Bergur Sigurbjörnsson
Founded	15 March 1953
Dissolved	1968
Succeeded by	Union of Liberals and Leftists (partly)
Ideology	Social democracy; Social liberalism; Neutrality
Political position	Centre-left
National affiliation	People's Alliance (since 1963)
	Politics of Iceland; Political parties; Elections;

National Preservation Party (Icelandic: Þjóðvarnarflokkurinn) was a political party in Iceland.

History

The party was founded on 15 March 1953 by members of the Progressive Party, Social Democratic Party and Socialist Party.^[1] It won two seats in the June 1953 elections, taken by Gils Guðmundsson and Bergur Sigurbjörnsson. Party members also gained seats on the student council of the University of Iceland, Akureyri local council and Reykjavík city council.

However, it lost both Althing seats in the 1956 elections. It failed to win a seat in the June and October elections in 1959, and thereafter only contested elections as part of the People's Alliance. Guðmundsson gained a seat, which he held until 1979. Sigurbjörnsson did not succeed in winning back his seat, but served twice in the Althing during the 1963-1967 term, replacing other MPs.

In 1969 some party members left the People's Alliance to establish the Union of Liberals and Leftists.^[1]

Ideology

The party's main policy was a neutral foreign policy.^[1] It opposed Icelandic membership of NATO and the presence of American military bases in the country.^[1] Domestically, it had a liberal, social-democratic platform,^[1] supporting a mixed economy with both private and public participation.