The purpose of the party was to solve the issue of a union treaty between Iceland and Denmark, which had proven extremely difficult to solve after the Althing refused a draft proposal from the Danish-Icelandic constitutional commission in 1908.
Formålet med partiet var at løse spørgsmålet om en forbundstraktat mellem Island og Danmark, hvilket havde vist sig særdeles vanskelligt, efter Altinget afviste et udkast fra den dansk-islandske forfatningskommission i 1908.