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Conservative Party (Iceland)

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Founded
  
1924

Split from
  
Citizens' Party

Dissolved
  
1927

Succeeded by
  
Independence Party

The Conservative Party (Icelandic: Íhaldsflokkurinn) was a conservative political party in Iceland between 1924 and 1929.

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History

The party was established in 1924 by a majority of the members of the Citizens' Party. 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.

Ideology

The party supported the full independence of Iceland and separation from the Danish crown.

References

Conservative Party (Iceland) Wikipedia