The party was established in 1907 by a merger of the Democratic Party and the
National Defence Party. During the
two elections in 1916, it was split into two factions; Þversum and Langsum. The Þversum faction finished second in the
August Upper House elections, with the Langsum faction in fifth, whilst the positions were reversed in the
October general elections. The party ran as a single entity in the
1919 elections, emerging as the second largest party after the Home Rule Party. It remained in the government with the Home Rule Party and
Progressive Party until 1920, when the Home Rule Party began to govern alone. In the
1922 Upper House elections, the Independence Party finished fifth, with just 5% of the vote, but returned to join the Home Rule Party in a coalition government. ==References==