Republic (Faroe Islands)

Republic (Faroese: Tjóðveldi), formerly known as the Republican Party (Faroese: Tjóðveldisflokkurin) is a left-wing political party on the Faroe Islands committed to Faroese independence.

Republic
Tjóðveldi
LeaderHøgni Hoydal
FoundersErlendur Patursson
Hanus við Høgadalsá
Sigurð Joensen
Jákup í Jákupsstovu
Founded22–23 May 1948
HeadquartersPostrúm 143, FO-110 Tórshavn
Youth wingUnga Tjóveldi
Ideology
Political positionLeft-wing[2]
Nordic affiliationNordic Green Left Alliance
Colours  Grey
  Green
  Dark green
  Red
  Blue
Løgting
6 / 33
Folketing
(Faroe seats)
0 / 2
Election symbol
E
Website
www.tjodveldi.fo
Formerly
Republican Party
Tjóðveldisflokkurin
(1948–2007)
Politics of the Faroe Islands
Constitution
The Crown
The unity of the Realm
Executive
Regeringen
The Government of Denmark
Landsstýri
The Government of the Faroe Islands
Privy Council
Legislature
Løgtingið
Parliament of the Faroe Islands
(35th National Parliament)
Folketinget
Parliament of the Kingdom of Denmark
(69th Kingdom Parliament)
Judiciary
Supreme Court
  • President
    • Poul Søgaard
Elections
Administrative divisions
Foreign relations
Related topics

History

The party was founded in 1948 as a reaction to the islands failing to gain independence despite the outcome of the 1946 independence referendum, after which independence was subsequently declared but annulled by the Danish King.

In 1998, Høgni Hoydal succeeded Heini O. Heinesen as party leader.

During the 20 January 2004 legislative elections, the party won 21.7% of the popular vote and 8 out of 33 seats. However, after the passing of an amendment adding the term "sexual orientation" to paragraph 266b of the Anti-Discrimination Act, MP Karsten Hansen announced that he was leaving the party owing to a difference in opinion. He later joined the Centre Party.

At the elections on 19 January 2008, the party won 23.3% of the vote and 8 out of 33 seats.

On 14 September 2007, the party changed its name from Tjóðveldisflokkurin to simply Tjóðveldi (i.e., from "the Republican Party" to just "Republic").

In the Danish parliamentary elections of 2007, the party received 25.4% of the Faroese vote, thereby retaining one of the two Faroese seats in the Danish national Folketing. In the 2011 election, however, its votes declined and it lost its seat to the Social Democrats. It regained its seat in the 2015 election, then lost it again in the 2019 election.

Leaders

Party leaders

  

Parliamentarian leaders

Current members of the Løgting

As of the 2022 general snap election:

NameElected (E), Re-elected (R), or Appointed (A)Votes obtained in the general electionTitle
Høgni HoydalR760Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, & Minister of Trade and Industry
Bjørt SamuelsenR759Speaker of the Logting
Sirið StenbergR457Minister of Social Affairs and Culture
Hervør PálsdóttirR376Member of the Logting
Annika OlsenaE335Member of the Logting
Dennis HolmE305Minister of Fisheries
Eirikur í JákupsstovuA295Substitute Member of the Logting[4]
Liljan WeiheA290Substitute Member of the Logting[4]
Erling EidesgaardA216Substitute Member of the Logting[4]
a. Formerly a member of the People's Party until mid-November 2022.[5]

History of Tjóðveldi in the Faroese and Danish general elections
Faroese general election
Year Votes Seats Position
# % # ±
1950 1,145 9.8
2 / 25
 New Increase 4th
1954 3,028 23.8
6 / 27
 Increase 4 Increase 2nd
1958 3,323 23.9
7 / 30
 Increase 1 Steady 2nd
1962 3,281 21.6
6 / 29
 Decrease 1 Steady 2nd
1966 3,529 20.0
5 / 26
 Decrease 1 Decrease 4th
1970 3,963 21.9
6 / 26
 Increase 1 Increase 2nd
1974 4,461 22.5
6 / 26
 Steady 0 Increase 2nd
1978 4,614 20.3
6 / 32
 Steady 0 Decrease 3rd
1980 4,415 19.0
6 / 32
 Steady 0 Steady 3rd
1984 4,921 19.5
6 / 32
 Steady 0 Decrease 4th
1988 5,520 19.2
6 / 32
 Steady 0 Steady 4th
1990 4,178 14.7
4 / 32
 Decrease 2 Steady 4th
1994 3,501 13.7
4 / 32
 Steady 0 Steady 4th
1998 6,584 23.8
8 / 32
 Increase 4 Increase 1st
2002 7,229 23.7
8 / 32
 Steady 0 Decrease 2nd
2004 6,890 21.7
8 / 32
 Steady 0 Decrease 3rd
2008 7,238 23.3
8 / 33
 Steady 0 Increase 1st
2011 5,584 18.3
6 / 33
 Decrease 2 Decrease 3rd
2015 6,681 20.7
7 / 33
 Increase 1 Increase 2nd
2019 6,127 18.1
6 / 33
 Decrease 1 Decrease 4th
2022 6,057 17.7
6 / 33
 Steady 0 Steady 4th
  
Danish general election
Year Votes Members
# %
1973 3,312
1 / 2
1975 3,563
1 / 2
1977 3,057
0 / 2
1979 3,886 20.8
0 / 2
1981 3,441 20.7
0 / 2
1984 3,646 19.9
0 / 2
1987 3,478 15.7
0 / 2
1988 4,690 20.5
0 / 2
1990 2,377 13.3
0 / 2
1994 1,798 9.4
0 / 2
1998 4,325 20.9
0 / 2
2001 6,578 24.9
1 / 2
2005 6,301 25.3
1 / 2
2007 5,849 25.4
1 / 2
2011 3,998 19.4
0 / 2
2015 5,730 24.5
1 / 2
2019 4,830 18.6
0 / 2
2022 4,927 18.1
0 / 2

References
  1. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "Faroes/Denmark". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  2. Adler-Nissen, Rebecca (2014). "The Faroe Islands: Independence dreams, globalist separatism and the Europeanization of postcolonial home rule". Cooperation and Conflict. 49 (1): 55–79. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.972.4698. doi:10.1177/0010836713514150. S2CID 13718740.
  3. Christina Bergqvist (1 January 1999). Equal Democracies?: Gender and Politics in the Nordic Countries. Nordic Council of Ministers. p. 318. ISBN 978-82-00-12799-4.
  4. "Bjørt løgtingsforkvinna og Aksel løgmaður". kvf.fo. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  5. Egholm, Sverri (14 November 2022). "Annika Olsen á tjóðveldislistanum" (in Faroese). dagur.fo. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
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