Young Independents

{{Short description|Political youth organization in Iceland}}

{{Infobox political youth organization

| name = Young Independents

| native_name = Ungir sjálfstæðismenn

| logo = File:Ungirxd.png

| president = Viktor Pétur Finnsson

| colorcode = #00A5DB

| founded = 27 June 1930{{cite news |title=SUS heldur upp á 75 ára afmæli |url=http://mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2005/06/27/sus_heldur_upp_a_75_ara_afmaeli/ |newspaper=Morgunblaðið |date=27 June 2005 |access-date=27 November 2011|language=is}}

| preceded_by =

| ideology = Liberal conservatism{{cite book|author=Agust Thor Arnason|chapter=The European Union Seen From the Top – A View of an Inside-Outsider|editor=Joakim Nergelius|title=Nordic and Other European Constitutional Traditions|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dfR5DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA34|year=2006|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-474-0978-6|page=34}}
Libertarianism{{Citation |first=Alan |last=Siaroff |title=The Effects of Differing Electoral Systems on Party Politics, Government Formation and Voter Turnout |page=69}}
Euroscepticism{{Cite book |title=Liberal Parties in Western Europe |url=https://archive.org/details/liberalpartieswe00kirc |url-access=limited |last=Steed |first=Michael |editor1-last=Kirchner |editor1-first=Emil Joseph |year=1988 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |isbn=978-0-521-32394-9 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/liberalpartieswe00kirc/page/n390 376]–95 |chapter=Identifying Liberal Parties }}

| headquarters = Háaleitisbraut 1
105 Reykjavík

| international = International Young Democrat Union

| regional1_type = European

| regional1_name = Democrat Youth Community of Europe
European Young Conservatives

| regional2_type = Nordic

| regional2_name = Nordic Young Conservative Union (NUU)

| mother party = Independence Party

| website = {{URL|http://www.sus.is}}

}}

Young Independents ({{langx|is|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: the year after the Independence Party itself. Its current chairman is Viktor Pétur Finnsson, who was elected on 17 September 2023.

It is liberally conservative, like its mother party, but often expresses more classical liberal views.{{cite news |title=Vona að mitt framboð verði hvatning fyrir aðrar konur |url=http://www.mbl.is/mm/gagnasafn/grein.html?grein_id=353657 |newspaper=Morgunblaðið |date=16 September 1997 |access-date=27 November 2011|language=is}} The party can conduct its own policy and campaigns. In 2011, it criticised capital controls,{{cite news |title=Fagna erlendri fjárfestingu |url=http://mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2011/09/12/fagna_erlendri_fjarfestingu/ |newspaper=Morgunblaðið |date=12 September 2011 |access-date=27 November 2011|language=is}} subsidies to the Symphony Orchestra,{{cite news |title=SUS fagnar mögulegu verkfalli Sinfóníunnar |url=http://mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2011/10/05/sus_fagnar_mogulegu_verkfalli_sinfoniunnar/ |newspaper=Morgunblaðið |date=5 October 2011 |access-date=27 November 2011|language=is}} and the application for EU membership.{{cite news |title=Vilja að þingmenn íhugi stöðu sína |url=http://mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2011/08/26/vilja_ad_thingmenn_ihugi_stodu_sina/ |newspaper=Morgunblaðið |date=26 August 2011 |access-date=27 November 2011|language=is}} 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.{{cite news |title=Skora á þingmenn |url=http://mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2011/02/16/skora_a_thingmenn/ |newspaper=Morgunblaðið |date=16 February 2011 |access-date=27 November 2011|language=is}} SUS put forward an alternative budget in 2010, and criticised Independence Party MPs for following convention by not voting against the government's budget.{{cite news |title=SUS svekkt út í þingmenn Sjálfstæðisflokksins |url=http://mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2010/12/17/sus_svekkt_ut_i_thingmenn_sjalfstaedisflokksins/ |newspaper=Morgunblaðið |date=17 December 2010 |access-date=27 November 2011|language=is}}

Its largest branch is its Reykjavík branch, Heimdallur.