Republic (Faroe Islands)

Republic
Republic; Tjóðveldi
Leader	Høgni Hoydal
Founded	22–23 May 1948
Youth wing	Unga Tjóveldi
Ideology	Faroese independence; Democratic socialism; Eco-socialism; Republicanism
Political position	Left-wing
Nordic affiliation	Nordic Green Left Alliance
Løgting	6 / 33
Folketing; (Faroe seats)	0 / 2
Election symbol
	E
Website
	www.tjodveldi.fo
	Politics of the Faroe Islands; Political parties; Elections;

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.

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.

At the legislative elections, held on 20 January 2004, the party won 21.7% of the popular vote and 8 out of 33 seats. However, after the passing of an amendment adding the phrase '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.

In 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

Høgni Hoydal 2000–present
Heini O. Heinesen 1994–1998
Signar Hansen (á Brúnni)
Erlendur Patursson 1948–1971

Parliamentarian leaders

Høgni Hoydal 2011–present
Annita á Fríðriksmørk 2009–2011
Sjúrður Skaale 2008–2009
Bergtóra Høgnadóttir Joensen 2008
Annita á Fríðriksmørk 2008
Høgni Hoydal 2004–2008
Heini O. Heinesen 1994–2004
Signar Hansen 1986–1989

Current members of the Løgting

Tjóðveldi's member of the Faroese parliament since 1 September 2015.^[3]

Elected

Høgni Hoydal - from 15 September 2015 Minister of Fishery
Sirið Stenberg - from 15 September 2015 Minister of Health
Kristina Háfoss - from 15 September 2015 Minister of Finance
Magni Arge - from 18 June 2015 member of the Folketing, took leave from the Løgting from 21 September 2016.
Annita á Fríðriksmørk
Katrin Kallsberg
Páll á Reynatúgvu

Deputy for 3 ministers and 1 member of the Folketing

Bjørt Samuelsen
Óluva Elin Klettskarð
Pauli Trond Petersen
Ingolf S. Olsen

History of Tjóðveldi in the Faroese and Danish general elections

Faroese general election

Year	Votes		Members
Year	#	%	Members
1950	1,145	9.8	2 / 25
1954	3,028	23.8	6 / 27
1958	3,323	23.9	7 / 30
1962	3,281	21.6	6 / 29
1966	3,529	20.0	5 / 26
1970	3,963	21.9	6 / 26
1974	4,461	22.5	6 / 26
1978	4,614	20.3	6 / 32
1980	4,415	19.0	6 / 32
1984	4,921	19.5	6 / 32
1988	5,520	19.2	6 / 32
1990	4,178	14.7	4 / 32
1994	3,501	13.7	4 / 32
1998	6,584	23.8	8 / 32
2002	7,229	23.7	8 / 32
2004	6,890	21.7	8 / 32
2008	7,238	23.3	8 / 33
2011	5,584	18.3	6 / 33
2015	6,681	20.8	7 / 33
2019	6,127	18.1	6 / 33

Danish general election

Year	Votes		Members
Year	#	%	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

References

^ ^a ^b Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "Faroes/Denmark". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
^ 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.
^ Løgtingsval 1. September 2015 Archived 2015-10-21 at the Wayback Machine, kvf.fo

External links

Official site

[Nordsieck-1] Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "Faroes/Denmark". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 2 September 2019.

[Bergqvist1999-2] 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.

[3] Løgtingsval 1. September 2015 Archived 2015-10-21 at the Wayback Machine, kvf.fo

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