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{{Infobox Icelandic political party
| name = Reform Party
| native_name = Viðreisn
| logo = File:Vidreisn.svg
| colourcode = {{party color|Reform Party (Iceland)}}
| chairperson = Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir
| vice-chairperson = Daði Már Kristófersson
| leader1_title = 
| leader1_name = 
| leader2_title = 
| leader2_name = 
| slogan = 
| founded = 24 May 2016
| headquarters = 
| youth_wing = Uppreisn
| split = Independence Party
| ideology = {{ubl|class=nowrap|
 |[[Philosophy:Liberalism|Liberalism]]<ref name="Nordsieck">{{cite web|url=http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/iceland.html|title=Iceland|website=Parties and Elections in Europe|first=Wolfram|last=Nordsieck|date=2017}}</ref>
 |[[Social:Economic liberalism|Economic liberalism]]<ref name="baltic">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4g1CDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA337|page=337|date=15 September 2017|title=The Baltic Sea Region: A Comprehensive Guide: History, Politics, Culture and Economy of a European Role Model|publisher=Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag|isbn=978-3-8305-1748-1}}</ref>
 |[[Philosophy:Green liberalism|Green liberalism]]<ref name="baltic"/>
 |[[Social:Pro-Europeanism|Pro-Europeanism]]<ref name="review"/>}}
| position = [[Social:Centre-right politics|Centre-right]]<ref name="review">{{cite news|author=Jelena Ćirić|title=Icelandic Parliamentary Election 2017: Party Overview|url=http://icelandreview.com/news/2017/10/27/icelandic-parliamentary-election-2017-party-overview|publisher=Iceland Review|date=27 October 2017|access-date=11 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/02/iceland-pirate-party-invited-form-government-coalition|title = Iceland's Pirate party invited to form government| website=TheGuardian.com |date = 2 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/en/20171028-iceland-holds-second-snap-election-year-scandals-benediktsson-panama-papers|title = Iceland holds second snap election in a year of scandals|date = 28 October 2017}}</ref>
| international = 
| european = Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)
| affiliation_title = Nordic affiliation
| affiliation = Centre Group
| seats = {{Composition bar|5|63|hex={{party color|Reform Party (Iceland)}}}}
| symbol = C
| website = {{URL|https://www.vidreisn.is/}}
| footnotes = 
}}
The '''Reform Party'''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://vidreisn.is/en|title=Viðreisn|newspaper=Viðreisn|access-date=2016-11-11}}</ref> (Icelandic: ''Viðreisn'') is a [[Philosophy:Liberalism|liberal]] and [[Social:Economic liberalism|economically liberal]] [[Social:Centre-right politics|centre-right]] political party in Iceland<ref name="Nordsieck"/><ref>[http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2014/06/13/vidreisn_undirbyr_frambod/ Viðreisn undirbýr framboð - MBL]</ref> that was founded on 24 May 2016 but had existed as a political network since June 2014. It split from the Independence Party, mainly over discontent with its decision not to hold a referendum on joining the [[Social:European Union|European Union]] and lack of support for free-trade.

The party supports Icelandic EU membership, and reform of farming subsidies and protective excise taxes on foreign produce. It wants public policy to focus on the general interest of society and reduce influence from [[Social:Advocacy group|special interests]]. Viðreisn is in favor of a publicly-financed [[Social:Welfare state|welfare state]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://vidreisn.is/en/policy/our-core-manifesto|title=Our Core Manifesto|date=2016-08-16|publisher=Viðreisn official website|access-date=2016-11-08}}</ref> It supports pegging the króna to another currency, such as the [[Finance:Euro|euro]], through a [[Finance:Currency board|currency board]] as a plan to lower interest rates.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Paul Fontaine|url=http://grapevine.is/mag/articles/2016/10/10/where-do-they-want-to-take-us-the-platforms-explained/|title=Where Do They Want To Take Us? The Platforms Explained|date=October 10, 2016|newspaper=The Reykjavik Grapevine|language=en-US}}</ref> Its healthcare policy aims at reducing the patient's share of healthcare costs.<ref>[https://vidreisn.is/is/malefni/heilbrigdis-og-velferdarmal Viðreisn - Heilbrigðis- og velferðarmál]</ref>

Viðreisn has been assigned the list letter C.<ref>Hólmfríður Gísladóttir, [http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2016/06/07/e_f_n_o_p_u_x_y_ae_og_o/ E, F, N, O, P, U, X, Y, Æ og Ö], ''Morgunblaðið'' (June 7, 2016).</ref> It participated in the 2016 elections to the Althing (Icelandic parliament) and won seven seats.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/10/30/no-the-pirates-didnt-win-icelands-elections-heres-what-happened-instead/|title=No, the Pirates didn't win Iceland's elections. Here's what happened instead.|last=Helgadóttir|first=Oddný|date=October 30, 2016|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=2016-11-08}}</ref>

==Electoral results==
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: right;"
|-
! Election
! Votes
! %
! Seats
! +/–
! Position
! Government
|-
! 2016
| 19,870
| 10.5
| {{Composition bar|7|63|hex={{party color|Reform Party (Iceland)}}}}
| {{steady}} 7
| {{steady}} 5th
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! 2017
| 13,122
| 6.7
| {{Composition bar|4|63|hex={{party color|Reform Party (Iceland)}}}}
| {{decrease}} 3
| {{decrease}} 8th
| {{No2|Opposition}}
|-
!2021
| 16,628
| 8.3
| {{Composition bar|5|63|hex={{party color|Reform Party (Iceland)}}}}
| {{increase}} 1
| {{increase}} 7th
| {{No2|Opposition}}
|}

==Party chairman==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Chairperson!!Period
|-
|Benedikt Jóhannesson
|2016–2017
|-
|Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir
|2017–
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.vidreisn.is/en Official website]


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