The FPS was established in June 2015 as a split from the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ).

Prior to the split conflicts had occurred between the FPÖ's federal party leader Heinz-Christian Strache and the former chairman of the Salzburg state branch Karl Schnell.

On 9 June 2015, Strache quickly expelled the previous acting as national party chairman Rupert Doppler from the FPÖ.

Between the FPS and the FPÖ's remaining Salzburg state branch, a conflict over the party name and the allocation of subsidies developed.

For the legislative election 2017, the FLÖ has set three main goals: stopping Islamic immigration, introducing direct democracy and exiting the European Union.