Republic (Faroese: Tjóðveldi), formerly known as the Republican Party (Faroese: Tjóðveldisflokkurin) is a pro-independence left-wing political party in the Faroe Islands.
Republic Tjóðveldi | |
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| Leader | Sirið Stenberg |
| Founders | Erlendur Patursson Hanus við Høgadalsá Sigurð Joensen Jákup í Jákupsstovu |
| Founded | 22–23 May 1948 |
| Headquarters | Postrúm 143, FO-110 Tórshavn |
| Youth wing | Unga Tjóveldi |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Left-wing[2] |
| Nordic affiliation | Nordic Green Left Alliance |
| Colours | Grey Green Dark green Red Blue |
| Løgting | 6 / 33 |
| Folketing (Faroe seats) | 0 / 2 |
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| Website | |
| www | |
Formerly Republican Party Tjóðveldisflokkurin (1948–2007) | |
History
editThe 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 eight 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 eight 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
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Party leaders
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Parliamentarian leaders
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Current members of the Løgting
editAs of the 2022 general snap election:
| Name | Elected (E), Re-elected (R), or Appointed (A) | Votes obtained in the general election | Title |
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| Høgni Hoydal | R | 760 | Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, & Minister of Trade and Industry |
| Bjørt Samuelsen | R | 759 | Speaker of the Logting |
| Sirið Stenberg | R | 457 | Minister of Social Affairs and Culture |
| Hervør Pálsdóttir | R | 376 | Member of the Logting |
| Annika Olsena | E | 335 | Member of the Logting |
| Dennis Holm | E | 305 | Minister of Fisheries |
| Eirikur í Jákupsstovu | A | 295 | Substitute Member of the Logting[4] |
| Liljan Weihe | A | 290 | Substitute Member of the Logting[4] |
| Erling Eidesgaard | A | 216 | Substitute 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
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References
edit- ^ a b Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "Faroes/Denmark". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c "Bjørt løgtingsforkvinna og Aksel løgmaður". kvf.fo. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ Egholm, Sverri (14 November 2022). "Annika Olsen á tjóðveldislistanum" (in Faroese). dagur.fo. Retrieved 15 November 2022.