Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands)

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Social Democratic Party
Javnaðarflokkurin
AbbreviationJF
ChairpersonAksel V. Johannesen
Deputy ChairpersonEyðgunn Samuelsen
General SecretaryBjarni Arge
Founded25 September 1925; 98 years ago (1925-09-25)
HeadquartersTórshavn, Faroe Islands
Youth wingSocialist Youth
IdeologySocial democracy[1]
Danish unionism[1]
Political positionCentre-left
National affiliationSocial Democrats
Nordic affiliationSAMAK
The Social Democratic Group
Colours  Red
Løgting
9 / 33
Folketing
(Faroe seats)
1 / 2
Election symbol
C
Website
j.fo

The Social Democratic Party[2] (Faroese: Javnaðarflokkurin, lit.'Equality Party', JF) is a social-democratic[3] political party on the Faroe Islands, led by Aksel V. Johannesen.

History[edit]

The Social Democratic Party was founded on 25 September 1925 by members of Faroese trade unions.

Its youth organization Sosialistiskt Ungmannafelag (Socialist Youth) was founded in 1965.[4]

At the 2004 general election on 20 January 2004, the party received 21.8% of the popular vote and therefore won 7 out of 33 seats in the Løgting.

At the 2008 general election on 19 January 2008, the party received 19.3% of the popular vote and therefore won 6 out of 33 seats.[5]

In the 2011 election for the Danish Folketing, the party improved its vote share to 21.0%, and took one of the two Faroese seats previously held by Republic. The elected representative of the Social Democratic Party in the Folketing is Sjúrður Skaale, who received 1539 personal votes.[6]

At the 2011 general election on 29 October 2011, the party received 17.8% of the popular vote and therefore won 6 out of 33 seats.

At the 2015 general election on 1 September 2015, the party received 25.1% of the vote, winning a plurality of 8 seats in the Løgting.

Ideology[edit]

The party is officially neutral on the matter of independence from Denmark, but generally leans towards remaining in the union. In the Danish Folketing, the Social Democratic Party supports the "Red Bloc" led by the Social Democrats of Denmark.

Party leaders[edit]

Current members of the Løgting[edit]

As of the 2022 general snap election:

Name Elected (E), Re-elected (R), or Appointed (A) Votes obtained in the general election Title
Aksel V. Johannesen R 1,961 Prime Minister
Ingilín Didriksen Strøm R 787 Minister of Environment
Djóni Nolsøe Joensen R 495 Minister of Children and Education
Bjarni Hammer R 445 Member of the Logting
Jóhannis Joensen R 416 First Vice-Chairman ("Deputy Speaker") of the Logting[7]
Eyðgunn Samuelsen E 405 Member of the Logting
Uni Holm Johannesen E 344 Member of the Logting
Henrik Old R 308 Member of the Logting
Margit Stórá E 305 Minister of Health
Súsanna Bertholdsen A 275 Substitute Member of the Logting[7]
Kristianna Winther Poulsen A 205 Substitute Member of the Logting[7]
Hans Jacob Thomsen A 189 Substitute Member of the Logting[7]
Kim Durhuus A 161 Substitute Member of the Logting[7]

Election results[edit]

Year Votes Seats Position
# % # ±
1928 671 10.6
2 / 23
New Increase 3rd
1932 825 10.5
2 / 21
Steady 0 Steady 3rd
1936 1,891 24.0
6 / 24
Increase 4 Steady 3rd
1940 2,012 23.9
6 / 24
Steady 0 Steady 3rd
1943 1,919 19.9
5 / 25
Decrease 1 Steady 3rd
1945 3,305 22.8
6 / 23
Increase 1 Steady 3rd
1946a. 3,705 28.1
4 / 20
Decrease 2 Steady 3rd
1950 2,605 22.4
6 / 25
Increase 2 Steady 3rd
1954 2,518 19.8
5 / 27
Decrease 1 Decrease 4th
1958 3,589 25.8
8 / 30
Increase 3 Increase 1st
1962 4,161 27.5
8 / 29
Steady 0 Steady 1st
1966 4,751 27.0
7 / 26
Decrease 1 Steady 1st
1970 4,916 27.2
7 / 26
Steady 0 Steady 1st
1974 5,125 25.8
7 / 26
Steady 0 Steady 1st
1978 5,062 22.3
8 / 32
Steady 0 Decrease 2nd
1980 5,043 21.7
7 / 32
Decrease 1 Steady 2nd
1984 5,879 23.4
8 / 32
Increase 1 Increase 1st
1988 6,233 21.6
7 / 32
Decrease 1 Decrease 2nd
1990 7,805 27.5
10 / 32
Increase 3 Increase 1st
1994 3,918 15.4
5 / 32
Decrease 5 Decrease 3rd
1998 6,063 21.9
7 / 32
Increase 2 Increase 2nd
2002 6,378 20.9
7 / 32
Steady 0 Decrease 3rd
2004 6,921 21.8
7 / 32
Steady 0 Increase 2nd
2008 6,018 19.3
6 / 33
Decrease 1 Decrease 4th
2011 5,428 17.8
6 / 33
Steady 0 Steady 4th
2015 8,093 25.1
8 / 33
Increase 2 Increase 1st
2019 7,480 22.1
7 / 33
Decrease 1 Decrease 2nd
2022 9,094 26.6
9 / 33
Increase 2 Increase 1st
a. The Social Democratic Party ran on a joint electoral coalition with the Self-Government Party in the 1946 general election (the former ended up winning 4 seats with the latter winning 2 seats).

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "Faroes/Denmark". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  2. ^ Tom Lansford (2014). Political Handbook of the World 2014. SAGE Publications. p. 392. ISBN 978-1-4833-3327-4.
  3. ^ Christina Bergqvist (1999). Equal Democracies?: Gender and Politics in the Nordic Countries. Nordic Council of Ministers. p. 318. ISBN 978-82-00-12799-4.
  4. ^ J.fo, From the history of the Social Democratic Party of the Faroe Islands
  5. ^ UF.fo, Løgtingsvalið 19. januar 2008
  6. ^ Kringvarp.fo Archived 2012-08-03 at archive.today
  7. ^ a b c d e "Bjørt løgtingsforkvinna og Aksel løgmaður". kvf.fo (in Faroese). 22 December 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022.

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