Heimssýn is an organisation of Iceland

Iceland

Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...

ic eurosceptics

Euroscepticism

Euroscepticism is a general term used to describe criticism of the European Union , and opposition to the process of European integration, existing throughout the political spectrum. Traditionally, the main source of euroscepticism has been the notion that integration weakens the nation state...

 opposed to Icelandic membership of the European Union

European Union

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 (EU). It was founded in June 2002. Ragnar Arnalds

Ragnar Arnalds

Ragnar Arnalds is a former Icelandic MP and twice cabinet minister. He studied literature and philosophy in Sweden from 1959 to 1961 and graduated with a law degree from the University of Iceland in 1968. He was editor of Frjáls Þjóð in 1960.Arnalds served as a Minister of Education and...

, former MP

Member of Parliament

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 and Minister of Finance, served as chairman of the organisation from its foundation until 2009. The current chairman Ásmundur Einar Daðason, MP for the Left-Green Movement

Left-Green Movement

The Left-Green Movement is a left-wing political party in Iceland.It was founded in 1999 by a few members of Alþingi who did not approve of the planned merger of the left parties in Iceland that resulted in the founding of the Social Democratic Alliance...

, was elected at Heimssýn's national congress on November 15, 2009.

External links

• Heimssýn - Official homepage
• Heimssýnarbloggið - Official blog-site