Citizens' Movement (Iceland)

The Citizens' Movement (Icelandic: Borgarahreyfingin) was a political party in Iceland, founded in the lead up to the 2009 election during the Global Recession, which severely affected Iceland.

Citizens' Movement Borgarahreyfingin
Chairperson	Friðrik Þór Guðmundsson
Vice-chairperson	Björg Sigurðardóttir
Founded	2009
Dissolved	2012
Succeeded by	Dawn
Ideology	Populism
Colours	Orange
Seats in Parliament	0 / 63
Website
borgarahreyfingin.is
Politics of Iceland Political parties Elections

In the election, the Citizens' Movement won 4 out of 63 seats in Althingi, the Icelandic Parliament. The elected members were

• Þráinn Bertelsson, film director
• Þór Saari, economist
• Margrét Tryggvadóttir, editor
• Birgitta Jónsdóttir, poet, editor and artist

The party had no leader, but rather was led collectively by three people each with a different responsibility. The party supported radical change at the government level in response to the recession.

On 14 August 2009 Þráinn Bertelsson left the party to sit as an independent. On 18 September 2009 the remaining three members left the party to create a new party, Hreyfingin (The Movement), and so the Citizens' Movement is no longer represented in the Althingi.

Election results

Election	Votes	Vote %	Seats	Place
2009	13,519	7.2	4 / 63	5th

External links

• Party website of the Citizens' Movement