Founded in 2006 by Rick Falkvinge, the Pirate party movement has scored some significant victories over the years, but what happened in Iceland today trumps them all.

According to the first results that came in over the past few hours, one in seven Icelanders voted Pirate in the national parliamentary elections. This is an impressive victory for the Pirate Party, which increased the number of parliament seats from three to ten in just three years.

This makes the Pirates one of the big winners of the election, and the third largest party in the country behind the Independence Party and the Left-Green Movement which got 29.1% and 15.8% of the votes.

Traditionally, Iceland has a coalition government consisting of several parties. With this outcome the party now has a prominent spot at the negotiation table, where the new government will be formed during the weeks to come.