# Republic (Faroe Islands)

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

## 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 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

| Party leaders Erlendur Patursson 1948–1971 Signar Hansen 1971–1994 Heini O. Heinesen 1994–1998 Høgni Hoydal 2000–2024 Sirið Stenberg 2024-present | Parliamentarian leaders Signar Hansen 1986–1989 Heini O. Heinesen 1994–2004 Høgni Hoydal 2004–2008 Annita á Fríðriksmørk 2008 Bergtóra Høgnadóttir Joensen 2008 Sjúrður Skaale 2008–2009 Annita á Fríðriksmørk 2009–2011 Høgni Hoydal 2011–present |

## Current members of the Løgting

As of the 2022 general snap election:
| Name | Elected (E), Re-elected (R), or Appointed (A) | Votes obtained in the general election | Title |
| 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 Olsen$^a$ | E | 335 | Member of the Logting |
| Dennis Holm | E | 305 | Minister of Fisheries |
| Eirikur í Jákupsstovu | A | 295 | Substitute Member of the Logting |
| Liljan Weihe | A | 290 | Substitute Member of the Logting |
| Erling Eidesgaard | A | 216 | Substitute Member of the Logting |
    a. Formerly a member of the People's Party until mid-November 2022.

## History of Tjóðveldi in the Faroese and Danish general elections

| Year | Votes | Votes | Seats | Seats | Position |
| Year | # | % | # | ± | Position |
| 1950 | 1,145 | 9.8 | 2 / 25 | New | 4th |
| 1954 | 3,028 | 23.8 | 6 / 27 | 4 | 2nd |
| 1958 | 3,323 | 23.9 | 7 / 30 | 1 | 2nd |
| 1962 | 3,281 | 21.6 | 6 / 29 | 1 | 2nd |
| 1966 | 3,529 | 20.0 | 5 / 26 | 1 | 4th |
| 1970 | 3,963 | 21.9 | 6 / 26 | 1 | 2nd |
| 1974 | 4,461 | 22.5 | 6 / 26 | 0 | 2nd |
| 1978 | 4,614 | 20.3 | 6 / 32 | 0 | 3rd |
| 1980 | 4,415 | 19.0 | 6 / 32 | 0 | 3rd |
| 1984 | 4,921 | 19.5 | 6 / 32 | 0 | 4th |
| 1988 | 5,520 | 19.2 | 6 / 32 | 0 | 4th |
| 1990 | 4,178 | 14.7 | 4 / 32 | 2 | 4th |
| 1994 | 3,501 | 13.7 | 4 / 32 | 0 | 4th |
| 1998 | 6,584 | 23.8 | 8 / 32 | 4 | 1st |
| 2002 | 7,229 | 23.7 | 8 / 32 | 0 | 2nd |
| 2004 | 6,890 | 21.7 | 8 / 32 | 0 | 3rd |
| 2008 | 7,238 | 23.3 | 8 / 33 | 0 | 1st |
| 2011 | 5,584 | 18.3 | 6 / 33 | 2 | 3rd |
| 2015 | 6,681 | 20.7 | 7 / 33 | 1 | 2nd |
| 2019 | 6,127 | 18.1 | 6 / 33 | 1 | 4th |
| 2022 | 6,057 | 17.7 | 6 / 33 | 0 | 4th |
| Year | Votes | 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 |
| 2022 | 4,927 | 18.1 | 0 / 2 |