Young Independents

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Young Independents
Ungir sjálfstæðismenn
PresidentViktor Pétur Finnsson
Founded27 June 1930[1]
HeadquartersHáaleitisbraut 1
105 Reykjavík
IdeologyLiberal conservatism[2]
Libertarianism[3]
Euroscepticism[4]
Mother partyIndependence Party
International affiliationInternational Young Democrat Union
European affiliationDemocrat Youth Community of Europe
European Young Conservatives
Nordic affiliationNordic Young Conservative Union
Websitewww.sus.is

Young Independents (Icelandic: Ungir sjálfstæðismenn), abbreviated to SUS, is the youth wing of the Independence Party of Iceland.

Young Independents was founded at Þingvellir on 27 June 1930:[1] the year after the Independence Party itself. Its current chairman is Viktor Pétur Finnsson, who was elected on 17 September 2023.

It is

capital controls,[6] subsidies to the Symphony Orchestra,[7] and the application for EU membership.[8] In February 2011, it ran an advert in Morgunblaðið that urged Independence Party MPs to vote against the government paying foreign liabilities accrued by Icesave.[9] SUS put forward an alternative budget in 2010, and criticised Independence Party MPs for following convention by not voting against the government's budget.[10]

Its largest branch is its Reykjavík branch, Heimdallur.

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b "SUS heldur upp á 75 ára afmæli". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 27 June 2005. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
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  3. ^ Siaroff, Alan, The Effects of Differing Electoral Systems on Party Politics, Government Formation and Voter Turnout, p. 69
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  5. ^ "Vona að mitt framboð verði hvatning fyrir aðrar konur". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 16 September 1997. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  6. ^ "Fagna erlendri fjárfestingu". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 12 September 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  7. ^ "SUS fagnar mögulegu verkfalli Sinfóníunnar". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 5 October 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  8. ^ "Vilja að þingmenn íhugi stöðu sína". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 26 August 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  9. ^ "Skora á þingmenn". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 16 February 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  10. ^ "SUS svekkt út í þingmenn Sjálfstæðisflokksins". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 17 December 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2011.

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