During the Cold war years, when enthusiasm about the Soviet Union in leftist circles gradually faded, Icelandic socialists maintained a double position.
Á kaldastríðsárunum, þegar smám saman dró úr áköfum stuðningi margra vinstri manna við Sovetríkin, einkenndist afstaða íslenskra sósíalista af vissri tvöfeldni.