Its founders included two MPs, Margrét Tryggvadóttir and Þór Saari, and two former members of the now defunct Icelandic Constitutional Assembly (Gísli Tryggvason and Lýður Árnason).

[3] The movement drew its roots from the demonstrations that took place during protests during the financial crisis, famously known as the "Pots and Pans Revolution".

[4] As of January 8, 2013, the party asserted that it had garnered a membership count of 2,275 individuals, representing approximately 1% of the total electorate.

[5] On February 9, 2013, the party introduced a deadline for its members to declare their willingness to be considered as potential candidates for the election list.

Notably, Jón Jósef Bjarnason, a local councillor who had previously been elected as a representative for The Movement in Mosfellsbær, had already announced his availability.