# Sjálvstýri

Sjálvstýri (previously Sjálvstýrisflokkurin) (English: referred to interchangeably as Independence, Self-Government, or Home Rule) is a liberal, autonomist political party on the Faroe Islands. It is currently led by the Mayor of Klaksvík, Jógvan Skorheim.
Nýtt Sjálvstýri traditionally supported greater autonomy for the Faroes within the Kingdom of Denmark, but in 1998 it agreed, as part of a coalition deal with Tjóðveldi and Fólkaflokkurin, to support national independence for the Faroes. Today it supports obtaining independence through gradually increasing Faroese autonomy until the Faroe Islands becomes a de facto independent state.
At the 2008 election to the Løgting, the party won 7.2% of the popular vote and two out of 33 seats. In early elections in 2011, the party's vote fell to 4.2% and it lost one seat. At the 2011 election to the Løgting, the party won 4% of the votes; two members were elected.

## Leaders

| Presidents of the Self-Government Party Sámal Petur í Grund 18 December 2022– (acting) Kári P. Højgaard 23 February–18 December 2022 Jógvan Skorheim 9 April 2015–23 February 2022 Kári P. Højgaard 2011–2015 Kári á Rógvi 2010–2011 Kári P. Højgaard 2003–2010 Eyðun Elttør 2001–2003 Sámal Petur í Grund 2001 Helena Dam á Neystabø 1994–2001 Hilmar Kass 1971–1994 Louis Zachariasen Edward Mitens 1936–1939 Jóannes Patursson 1909–1936 | Parliamentary leaders Kári P. Højgaard 2013–d.d. Jógvan Skorheim 2011–2013 Kári P. Højgaard 2001–2011 Sámal Petur í Grund 1998–2001 Helena Dam á Neystabø 1993–1998 Lasse Klein 1988–1993 Hilmar Kass 1970–1988 |

## Election results
### Faroese general election

| Year | Votes | Votes | Seats | Seats | Position |
| Year | # | % | # | ± | Position |
| 1906 | 579 | 37.6% | 8 / 20 | New | 2nd |
| 1908 | 340 | 33.9% | 7 / 20 | 1 | 2nd |
| 1910 | 289 | 24.5% | 7 / 20 | 0 | 2nd |
| 1912 | 365 | 41.6% | 7 / 20 | 0 | 2nd |
| 1914 | 625 | 47.2% | 8 / 20 | 1 | 2nd |
| 1916 | 542 | 51.7% | 9 / 20 | 1 | 1st |
| 1918 | 2,938 | 49.7% | 11 / 20 | 2 | 2nd |
| 1920 | 2,476 | 41.6% | 10 / 20 | 1 | 2nd |
| 1924 | 2,450 | 39.1% | 10 / 23 | 0 | 2nd |
| 1928 | 2,680 | 42.3% | 11 / 23 | 1 | 2nd |
| 1932 | 2,931 | 37.3% | 8 / 21 | 3 | 2nd |
| 1936 | 2,694 | 34.2% | 8 / 24 | 0 | 1st |
| 1940 | 1,365 | 16.2% | 4 / 24 | 4 | 4th |
| 1943 | 1,001 | 10.4% | 0 / 25 | 4 | 4th |
| 1945 | 1,239 | 9.4% | 0 / 25 | 0 | 4th |
| 1946 | with Social Democratic Party | with Social Democratic Party | 2 / 25 | 2 | 3rd |
| 1950 | 957 | 8.2% | 2 / 25 | 0 | 5th |
| 1954 | 908 | 7.1% | 2 / 27 | 0 | 5th |
| 1958 | 816 | 5.9% | 2 / 30 | 0 | 5th |
| 1962 | 892 | 5.9% | 2 / 29 | 0 | 5th |
| 1966 | 867 | 4.9% | 1 / 26 | 1 | 5th |
| 1970 | 1,010 | 5.6% | 1 / 26 | 0 | 5th |
| 1974 | 1,430 | 7.2% | 2 / 26 | 1 | 5th |
| 1978 | 1,626 | 7.2% | 2 / 26 | 0 | 5th |
| 1980 | 1,953 | 8.4% | 3 / 32 | 1 | 5th |
| 1984 | 2,135 | 8.5% | 2 / 32 | 1 | 5th |
| 1988 | 2,033 | 7.1% | 2 / 32 | 0 | 5th |
| 1990 | 2,489 | 8.8% | 3 / 32 | 1 | 5th |
| 1994 | 1,438 | 5.6% | 2 / 32 | 1 | 8th |
| 1998 | 2,116 | 7.6% | 2 / 32 | 0 | 5th |
| 2002 | 1,351 | 4.4% | 1 / 32 | 1 | 5th |
| 2004 | 1,461 | 4.6% | 1 / 32 | 0 | 6th |
| 2008 | 2,244 | 7.2% | 2 / 33 | 1 | 6th |
| 2011 | 1,290 | 4.2% | 1 / 33 | 1 | 7th |
| 2015 | 1,301 | 4.0% | 2 / 33 | 1 | 7th |
| 2019 | 1,158 | 3.4% | 1 / 33 | 1 | 7th |
| 2022 | 938 | 2.7% | 0 / 33 | 1 | 7th |

### Danish general election

| Year | # of votes | % of Faroese vote | # of overall seats won | # of Faroese seats won | ± |
| 1945 | 2.521 | 29.2% | 0 / 149 | 0 / 1 | New |
| 1947 | 809 | 8.4% | 0 / 150 | 0 / 2 | 0 |
| 1950 | 535 | 14.8% | 0 / 151 | 0 / 2 | 0 |
| 1953 (apr) | 351 | 10.4% | 0 / 151 | 0 / 2 | 0 |
| 1953 (sep) - 1968 | did not run. | did not run. | did not run. | did not run. | did not run. |
| 1971 | 648 | 4.9% | 0 / 179 | 0 / 2 | 0 |
| 1973 | 553 | 4.2% | 0 / 179 | 0 / 2 | 0 |
| 1975 | did not run. | did not run. | did not run. | did not run. | did not run. |
| 1977 | 551 | 3.4% | 0 / 179 | 0 / 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 797 | 4.3% | 0 / 179 | 0 / 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 867 | 5.2% | 0 / 179 | 0 / 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1,033 | 5.6% | 0 / 179 | 0 / 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1,070 | 4.8% | 0 / 179 | 0 / 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 897 | 3.9% | 0 / 179 | 0 / 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1,240 | 6.9% | 0 / 179 | 0 / 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 469 | 2.4% | 0 / 179 | 0 / 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1,603 | 7.7% | 0 / 179 | 0 / 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 434 | 1.6% | 0 / 179 | 0 / 2 | 0 |
| 2005 | 585 | 2.4% | 0 / 179 | 0 / 2 | 0 |
| 2007 | 799 | 3.5% | 0 / 179 | 0 / 2 | 0 |
| 2011 | 481 | 2.3% | 0 / 179 | 0 / 2 | 0 |
| 2015 | 403 | 1.7% | 0 / 179 | 0 / 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 334 | 1.3% | 0 / 179 | 0 / 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | did not run. | did not run. | did not run. | did not run. | did not run. |